boot
1. footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg (Freq. 13)
• Hypernyms:
footwear, footgear
• Hyponyms:
buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot,
cowboy boot, Hessian boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington boot,
hip boot, thigh boot, riding boot, rubber boot, gum boot, ski boot
• Part Meronyms:
bootlace, bootleg, collar, shoe collar, counter,
heel counter, eyelet, eyehole, heel, insole, innersole,
instep, outsole, spur, gad, toe box, toecap,
tongue, upper
2. British term for the luggage compartment in a car (Freq. 1)
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
luggage compartment, automobile trunk, trunk
3. the swift release of a store of affective force
- they got a great bang out of it
- what a boot!
- he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
- he does it for kicks
• Syn:
bang, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
• Derivationally related forms:
thrill (for: thrill), charge (for: charge)
• Hypernyms:
exhilaration, excitement
4. protective casing for something that resembles a leg
• Hypernyms:
shell, case, casing
5. an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
• Syn:
the boot, iron boot, iron heel
• Hypernyms:
instrument of torture
6. a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
• Hypernyms:
torture, torturing
7. the act of delivering a blow with the foot
- he gave the ball a powerful kick
- the team's kicking was excellent
• Syn:
kick, kicking
• Derivationally related forms:
kick (for: kicking), kick (for: kick)
• Hypernyms:
blow
• Hyponyms:
goal-kick, punt, punting, place kick, place-kicking, dropkick
1. kick;
give a boot to
• See Also:
boot out
• Hypernyms:
kick
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to boot the prisoners
2. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
- boot your computer
• Syn:
reboot, bring up
• Hypernyms:
resuscitate, revive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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