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
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Recent Examples of booting
Upon booting up the game and working through a pretty robust character creator, players arrive in Lumiose City and are immediately ambushed by a content creator/social media manager working for the corporation Quasartico, Inc.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
BMCs also enable some of the most sensitive operations, such as reflashing the firmware for the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) that’s responsible for loading the server OS when booting.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
An incredible series of plays, a last-gasp effort, and the fortuitous foot of Matt Prater, the field goal kicker who’d been in Buffalo no more than 100 hours, booting a 32-yarder for the win.
—Coy Wire, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Perez retaliated by stripping Caruso of his committee chairmanship and booting him out of his corner office into another space.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Romo had the more impressive make, booting one through from 57 yards.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
BMCs also enable some of the most sensitive operations, such as reflashing the firmware for the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) that’s responsible for loading the server OS when booting.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
An incredible series of plays, a last-gasp effort, and the fortuitous foot of Matt Prater, the field goal kicker who’d been in Buffalo no more than 100 hours, booting a 32-yarder for the win.
—Coy Wire, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Perez retaliated by stripping Caruso of his committee chairmanship and booting him out of his corner office into another space.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Romo had the more impressive make, booting one through from 57 yards.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booting
Verb
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But Henry hasn’t made a habit of fumbling throughout his career, so this is an unusual stretch.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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The uncharacteristic nature of fumbling the ball three times in a row is not lost on the star running back.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Equating your value to your bank account, or blowing cash to feel validated.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
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He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The session proceeded without a live video-feed of the 22-year-old defendant charged with murdering the conservative influencer at a Utah college campus on September 10, alongside counts of felony discharge of a firearm, obstruction, and witness tampering.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Then, in 2024, Gates and Richard James Romano were both charged with murdering Alliauna Green, a rising Oakland rapper who used the stage name Tan DaGod.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Booting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booting. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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