WordWeb Online

1. Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
    
2. A sudden pleasurable excitement
   "what a boot!";
   - bang, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
    
3. Protective casing for something that resembles a leg
    
4. An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
   - the boot, iron boot, iron heel
    
5. A form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
    
6. The act of delivering a blow with the foot
   "he gave the ball a powerful boot";
   - kick, kicking
    
7. [Brit] Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage, shopping or tools
   "he put his golf bag in the boot";
   - luggage compartment, automobile trunk [N. Amer], trunk [N. Amer], dicky [Asia], dickey [Asia]

1. Kick; give a boot to
    
2. Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
   "boot your computer";
   - reboot, bring up

Derived forms: booting, booted, boots

See also: boot out

Type of: blow, case, casing, compartment, excitement, exhilaration, footgear, footwear, instrument of torture, kick, resuscitate, revive, shell, torture, torturing

Part of: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar

Encyclopedia: Boot Boot, Cumbria Boot, Das