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Definition boot

Etymology 1

From Middle English boote, bote (�shoe�), from Old French bote (�a high, thick shoe�). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (�club-foot�), bot (�fat, short, blunt�), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (�cut off, short, numb, blunt�), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ewt-, *b?ewd- (�to strike, push, shock�). Compare Old Norse butt (�stump�), Low German butt (�blunt, plump�), Old English bytt (�small piece of land�), buttuc (�end�). More at buttock.

Noun

boot (plural boots)

A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
1. (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
A blow with the foot; a kick.
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft�s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
(informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).
(Britain, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman (usually as "old boot")
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
(baseball) A bobbled ball.
(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.

Verb

boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

To kick.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
(informal) To forcibly eject.
(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
(slang) To vomit.

Etymology 2

From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English b?t (�help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance�), from Proto-Germanic *b?t? (�atonement, improvement�), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eHd-, *b?oHd- (�good�). Akin to Old Norse b�t (�bettering, remedy�) (Danish bod), Gothic ???? (b?ta), German Bu�e. Doublet of bote (a borrowing from Middle English).

Noun

boot (countable and uncountable, plural boots)

(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
(uncountable) Profit, plunder.
(obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
(obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. [to mid-17th c.]
(obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy. [to mid-16th c.]