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boot
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[ noun ] (clothing) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)`` With boots on '' , Lolotte laughed_softly . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)Then he hunkered_down on the heels of his handmade boots , peered into the orderly chaos of axle , shock_absorber , and spring . He caught her eye , came_back around the car with the boot wearer 's teetering , half mincing walk . Why did these yokels still wear boots , anyway , when most had scarcely sat a horse in years ? (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)There were no tracks of either hoofs or boots . |
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[ noun ] compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools (`boot' is British usage)
Synonyms Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Cursing himself for having ridden out the last few days without a rifle in his saddle boot , Russ drew his Colt and examined it briefly . Related terms |
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[ noun ] British term for the luggage compartment in a car
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[ noun ] the swift release of a store of affective force
Examples "they got a great bang out of it" "what a boot!" "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin" "he does it for kicks" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (computer science) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
Examples "boot your computer" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an instrument of torture that is used to crush the foot and leg
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[ noun ] protective casing for something that resembles a leg
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 29283
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