Synonyms of booting

booting

verb

present participle of boot

as in fumbling

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• blowing
• murdering
• dubbing
• ruining
• destroying
• botching
• mangling
• spoiling
• bungling
• butchering
• bobbling
• fluffing
• muffing
• screwing up
• mucking up
• fouling up
• bumbling
• flubbing
• marring
• goofing (up)
• wrecking
• damaging
• injuring
• messing (up)
• boggling
• buggering (up)
• impairing
• bollixing (up)
• mutilating
• lousing up
• blundering
• hurting
• foozling
• muddling
• gumming (up)
• harming
• blighting
• flawing
• mismanaging
• blemishing
• vitiating
• mishandling
• piffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• reforming
• enhancing
• remedying
• rectifying
• refining
• ameliorating
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• patching
• meliorating
• renovating
• revamping
• reconditioning
• doctoring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of booting

Former Citadel punter James Platte was booting the ball on the Giants’ field after practice on Thursday to punt returners Charlie Jones and Dalen Cambre. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Sheeran denied having a role in booting Macklemore from his tour — though the rapper shared a different account. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

The travelling supporters were perched behind the goal for a perfect view of the wonder strike, and Ballard made a beeline straight towards them, booting the advertising hoarding for good measure. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Predatory towing, which can include booting and towing at exorbitant prices, affects residents, small business owners and truck drivers across Charlotte. — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

The affair was a lopsided route booting the Spanish out of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Erling Haaland did that for Norway, heading in the first goal, and then booting a blast past everyone for a goal. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Balogun’s fancy footwork broke a scoreless deadlock 45 minutes into the action, booting a left-footed shot through the goalie’s outstretched legs. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Then in 2023, researchers discovered LogoFail, a series of critical vulnerabilities found UEFIs booting up just about every Windows and Linux system in the world. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026