BOOTED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

booted

verb

Definition of booted

past tense of boot

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question

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Recent Examples of booted Collins tried earlier this summer to get Fishback booted from the ballot, alleging Fishback had not met the state's seven-year minimum residency requirement. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Francisco Lindor has booted way too many balls this season, that’s a fact. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 Slipknot has apparently booted turntablist Sid Wilson from the band. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Little League on Monday ruled that Tulsa National Little League's 12U team had an ineligible player on the roster and booted it from the Southwest Region Tournament, the final stop before the Little League World Series. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 O’Hare booted members of the public from the room for the meeting for disrupting decorum, instead inviting speakers to address the commissioners one-by-one. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 Morton read her lines aloud on set with Phoenix during production was booted from the movie and replaced by Scarlett Johansson in post production. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 In May, police and city workers returned to Jose Rizal Park and again booted out dealers and addicts, preparing the park for a renovation. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 The Padres tied the game in the bottom of the seventh before Bogaerts booted what would have been the third out in the top of the eighth. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026

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Lake Brantley appeared to have picked up the first down on third down but the ball was fumbled backwards to put the Patriots in fourth and long.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
After Carter Jensen flew out to deep center field, Caglianone tagged from second base and kept running toward home as outfielder Andy Pages fumbled the baseball out of his glove.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of fumbled

Verb

For more than a decade after, human-AI teams ruled the sport until AI alone blew past those hybrids by 2017.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
An American Airlines flight blew two tires upon landing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Monday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

— Benjamin Stein, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of blew

Verb

Though that region was dubbed the whisky capital of the world in the Victorian Era – with more than 30 distilleries in its midsts – today Glen Scotia is one of just three that remain.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Some have dubbed the cover itself as racist, while others are saying Blanco’s non-Latin background as the problem.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026