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==English==
{{wikipedia|boot (disambiguation)|boot}}

[[Image:Dr Martens, black, old.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Boots, noun - etymology 1, definition 1]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|bo͞ot|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/buːt/|[buːt]}}
* {{IPA|en|/bʏːt/|a=Northern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/but/|a=GA}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-boot.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/bʉːt/|a=AU}}
** {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 boot.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːt|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymon|en|id=shoe|inh|enm>bote>shoe}}
From {{inh|en|enm|boote}}, {{m|enm|bote||shoe}}, from {{der|en|fro|bote||a high, thick shoe}}. Of obscure origin, but probably related to {{der|en|fro|bot||club-foot}}, {{m|fro|bot||fat, short, blunt}}, from Old {{der|en|frk|*butt}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*buttaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*butaz||cut off, short, numb, blunt}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰewt-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰewd-||to strike, push, shock}}; if so, a {{doublet|en|butt|nocap=1}}. Compare {{cog|non|butt||stump}}, {{cog|nds|butt||blunt, plump}}, {{cog|ang|bytt||small piece of land}}, {{m|ang|buttuc||end}}. More at {{m|en|buttock}} and {{m|en|debut}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q190868}}{{lb|en|footwear}} A heavy [[shoe]] that [[cover]]s part of the leg.
## {{lb|en|sports}} A kind of [[sport]]s [[shoe]] worn by [[player]]s of [[certain]] [[game]]s such as [[cricket]] and [[football]].
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[blow]] with the foot; a [[kick]].
# {{lb|en|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.
# {{lb|en|metaphorical|with definite article}} [[oppression|Oppression]], an [[oppressor]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1958|title=Filmindia
|text=Dr. Jayakar was not only one of them but was at places the prime mover in the historic decisions taken by a nation struggling to get free of the British '''boot'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1989|author=Gilles Perrault|author2=Pierre Azema|title=Paris Under the Occupation
|text=Never in its long history, and one rich with brutal inequities too, had Paris known the disgrace of seeing one section of its community prosper under the '''boot''' of an invader}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2013-10-08|author=Stanley Weintraub|title=Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life|publisher=Hachette UK|isbn=9780306822353
|text=Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the British '''boot''', was about to culminate in a popular rising.}}
# {{lb|en|usually preceded by definite article}} A [[torture]] device used on the feet or legs, such as a [[Spanish boot]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1936|author=Rollo Ahmed|title=The Black Art|publisher=Long|location=London|page=221|passage=The '''boot''', thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.}}
# {{lb|en|US|transportation}} A [[parking]] [[enforcement]] device used to [[immobilize]] a car until it can be [[tow]]ed or a [[fine]] is paid; a [[wheel clamp]].
# {{lb|en|aviation}} A [[rubber]] [[bladder]] on the leading edge of an [[aircraft]]’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove [[ice]] buildup; a [[deicing boot]].
# {{lb|en|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.
# {{lb|en|archaic}} A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
# {{lb|en|Australia|British|NZ|South Africa|automotive}} The [[luggage]] [[storage]] [[compartment]] of a [[sedan]] or [[saloon]] car.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1998|author=w:Ruth Rendell|title=A Sight For Sore Eyes|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RKj404_tJnoC&pg=PA260&dq=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22+car+-intitle:%22boot%7Cboots%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MYUBT93bJYnwmAWVzsToBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22%20car%20-intitle%3A%22boot%7Cboots%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=260|year_published=2010
|passage=He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the '''boot''' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that '''boot''' but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Keith Bluemel|title=Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide|pageurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603034923/http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e-Q2HLk3yZgC&pg=PT11&dq=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22+car+-intitle:%22boot%7Cboots%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v5IBT86KCeXWmAWyrbi0Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22%20car%20-intitle%3A%22boot%7Cboots%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=unnumbered
|passage=The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and '''boot''' lid in aluminium on steel frames.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=MB Chattelle|title=Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Nibb3U0cuzkC&pg=PA104&dq=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22+car+-intitle:%22boot%7Cboots%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v5IBT86KCeXWmAWyrbi0Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22%20car%20-intitle%3A%22boot%7Cboots%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=104
|passage=Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the '''boot''' of the BMW and slammed the '''boot''' lid down.}}
# {{lb|en|informal|with definite article}} The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
#: {{ux|en|He was useless so he got the '''boot'''.}}
# {{lb|en|British|slang}} An unattractive person, ugly woman.
#: {{coi|en|old '''boot'''}}
# {{lb|en|US|military|police|slang}} A recently arrived [[recruit]]; a [[rookie]].
# {{lb|en|slang|ethnic slur}} A black person.
#* {{RQ:MacInnes City of Spades|year=1964|page=22|passage=My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, '''boot''' or munt or nigger, even.}}
# {{lb|en|firearms}} A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
# {{lb|en|baseball}} A [[bobbled]] ball.
# {{lb|en|botany}} The inflated [[flag]] [[leaf]] [[sheath]] of a [[wheat]] [[plant]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[linear amplifier]] used with [[CB radio]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1977|title=New Scientist|volume=74|page=764
|passage=Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("'''boots'''") on to his transceiver ("ears") {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|slang|motorsports}} A [[tyre]].
# {{lb|en|US}} A [[crust]] end-piece of a [[loaf]] of [[bread]].
#: {{syn|en|butt|heel}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|shoe}} {{l|en|buskin}}, {{l|en|mukluk}}
* {{sense|blow with foot}} {{l|en|kick}}
* {{sense|car storage}} {{l|en|trunk}} {{lb|en|US|Canada}}, [[dicky]] {{qualifier|India}}
* {{sense|parking enforcement device}} {{l|en|wheel clamp}}
* {{sense|sacked, dismissed}} {{l|en|firing}}, {{l|en|layoff}}
* {{sense|end of bread}} {{l|en|butt}}, {{l|en|heel}}, {{l|en|ender}}, {{l|en|outsider}} {{qualifier|Scotland}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|bootlid|bootload|bootspace|froot
|boottopping|full as a boot
|boot camp|boot and rally|boot jack|boot lip|boot manager|bootblack|pac boot|topboot
|boot cut
|Boot Hill|engineer boot|engineering boot|fill someone's boots|smarty-boots
|bootless
|bootee
|bootstrap
|bossyboots
|car boot
|boot sale
|chewie on ya boot
|[[Denver boot]], aka [[wheel clamp]]
|get the boot
|give the boot
|horse boot
|army boot
|Australian boot
|Chelsea boot
|chukka boot
|combat boot
|cowboy boot
|football boot
|go-go boot
|[[gum boot]], [[gumboot]]
|Hessian boot
|hiking boot
|hip boot
|hobnail boot
|jackboot
|jump boot
|paratrooper boot
|jungle boot
|knee high boot|Russian boot
|kinky boot
|Malay boot
|motorcycle boot
|riding boot
|rigger boot
|safety boot
|ski boot
|snowboard boot
|Spanish boot
|steel-toe boot
|tabi boot
|tanker boot
|the boot is on the other foot
|thigh boot
|thigh-high boot
|[[ugg boot]], [[ug boot]]
|[[walking boot]] (aka [[ankle walker]])
|work boot
|ankle boot|ballet boot|Beatle boot|boot board|boot boy|boot catcher|boot closer|boot crimp|boot fair|boot knife|boot money|boot room|boot storm|boot tree|boot upstairs|boot verb|boot-boy|boot-cut|boot-grease|boot-studder|boot-topping|boot-tree|bunny boot|cold boot attack|couldn't pour water out of a boot|couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel|cowgirl boot|desert boot|dual-boot|field boot|give someone the boot|half-boot|jack boot|jack-boot|Jesus boot|lift oneself up by one's boot-tags|lift oneself up by one's own boot-tags|monkey boot|moon boot|order of the boot|Oregon boot|pixie boot|platform boot|pubic boot|put the boot in|roller boot|roping boot|rugby boot|sea-boot|seven-league boot|sly-boot|stoga boot|trench boot|wellington boot|Wellington boot|winter boot|yeti boot|boots and all|boots on the ground|bovver boots|fill one's boots|gravity boots|hang up one's boots|hang up the boots|have one's heart in one's boots|in someone's boots|Jesus boots|kicking boots|knock boots|lick someone's boots|like old boots|mud on one's boots|quake in one's boots|seven-league boots|shake in one's boots|shoot the boots|sly-boots|smarty boots|strap on the boots|too big for one's boots|tough as old boots|Wellington boots|wobbly boots|bootboy|bootful|bootheel|boothook|boothose|bootikin|bootjack|bootlace|bootlick|bootlicker|bootlike|bootlip|bootmaker|bootmaking|bootneck|bootprint|bootscraper|bootsole|bootstep|bootstring|bootstripe|boottree|bootwear|fieldboot|overboot|rainboot|seaboot|snowboot|unboot|workboot}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|crp-slb|бучь}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ru|бутса}}
* {{desc|bor=1|sh|-}}
*: {{desc|sclb=1|sh|бу́це}}
*: {{desc|sclb=1|sh|búce}}
* {{desc|bor=1|sw|buti}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|heavy shoe that covers part of the leg}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|stewel}}
* Apache:
*: Western Apache: {{t|apw|kee hadago ndeezí}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَزْمَة|f}}, {{t|ar|بسطار|tr=busṭār}} <i>(army boots)</i>
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|بوت|m|tr=bōt}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|بوت|m|tr=bōt, būt}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|bota|f}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|երկարաճիտ կոշիկ}}, {{t|hy|ճտքակոշիկ}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|hy|սապոգ}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|bota|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|çəkmə}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|итек}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|чараві́к|m}}, {{t|be|бот|m}}, {{t|be|боцік|m}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|heuz|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бо́туш|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဘွတ်ဖိနပ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|bota|f}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|jombo}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|靴|tr=hoe1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|靴子|tr=xuēzi}}, {{t+|cmn|長靴|tr=chángxuē}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|botas}} {{qualifier|collective}}, {{t|kw|botasen|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|bota|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|støvle|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|laars|f}}, {{t+|nl|bot|f}} {{qualifier|Flemish}}, {{t+|nl|hoge}} {{t+|nl|schoen|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|boto}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|saabas}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|stivli|m}}, {{t|fo|stilvi|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|saapas}}; {{t+|fi|kenkä}} {{q|cricket, football}}
* French: {{t+|fr|botte|f}} {{qualifier|high}}, {{t+|fr|bottine|f}} {{qualifier|to the ankle}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|bota|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|წაღა}}, {{t+|ka|ჩექმა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stiefel|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπότα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἁρπίς|f}}, {{t|grc|κρηπίς|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|kamik}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|bòt}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַגָּף|m|tr=magáf}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बूट|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csizma}}, {{t+|hu|bakancs}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|stígvél|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|boto}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bot}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|saapas}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|botta}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|bróg|f}}, {{t|ga|buatais|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|stivale|m}}, {{t+|it|scarpone|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ブーツ|tr=būtsu}}, {{t+|ja|ブート|tr=būto}}, {{t+|ja|長靴|tr=ながぐつ, nagagutsu}} {{qualifier|made of rubber or plastic}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ស្បែកជើង}}, {{t|km|ស្បែកជើងកវែង}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|장화(長靴)}}, {{qualifier|obsolete}} {{t+|ko|목화(木靴)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|چەکمە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|cezme|f}}, {{t+|kmr|potîn|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жүктөө}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pero|m}}, {{t|la|cothurnus|m}}, {{t|la|caliga|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zābaks|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|batas|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Stiwwel|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|чизма|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kasut but}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|buzza|f}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡤᡡᠯᡥᠠ}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|гутал}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ké deigo nineezí}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|этик}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|botte|f}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|støvel|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|støvel|m}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|botèl|f}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|плесница|f}}, {{t|orv|сапогъ|m}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|موزه|f|tr=moza}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پوتین|tr=putin}}, {{t+|fa|بوت|tr=but}}, {{t+|fa|چکمه|tr=čakme}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Steewel|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|but|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bota|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cizmă}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|stival|m}}, {{t|rm|stivagl|m}}, {{t|rm|stivel|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|боти́нок|m}}, {{t+|ru|башма́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|сапо́г|m}} {{qualifier|high boot}}, {{qualifier|usually plural, soccer boots}} {{t+|ru|бутса|alt=бу́тсы|f-p}} (singular: {{t+|ru|бу́тса|f}})
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bòtann|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|чи̏зма|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|čȉzma|f}}, {{t-check|sh|škorja|f}} {{qualifier|Croatia}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|stivala|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|čižma|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|škorenj|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|башмак}}, {{t|alt|ӧдӱк}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bota|f}}
* Sudovian: {{t|xsv|skarne|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|buti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stövel|c}}, {{t+|sv|känga|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|bota}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|ботинка}}, {{t|tg|мӯза}}
* Taos: {{t|twf|bútoną}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|బూటు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|รองเท้า}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çizme}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ädik}}, {{t+|tk|botinka}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|чо́біт|m}}, {{t|uk|череви́к|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بوٹ|m|tr=būṭ}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|botinka}}, {{t+|uz|etik}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|giày ống}}, {{t+|vi|ủng}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|but}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|esgid|f}}, {{t|cy|botas|f-p}}, {{t|cy|botasen|f}}
* Yagnobi: {{t|yai|мӯза}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שטיוול|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|blow with the foot|kick}}

{{trans-top|construction: flexible cover to protect a shaft, lever, switch etc.}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|huls|f}}, {{t|nl|beschermhuls|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|suojakumi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|guaina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cobertura|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|torture device}}
* Armenian:
*: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|ներբանք}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|saapas}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|spanyolcsizma}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|чи́зма|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|parking enforcement device|wheel clamp}}

{{trans-see|rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing|deicing boot}}

{{trans-top|obsolete: place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|archaic: place for baggage at either end of a stagecoach}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|vagnslåda|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|military, police: recently arrived recruit|rookie}}

{{trans-see|luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car|trunk}}

{{trans-top|act or process of removing or firing someone}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|уволнение|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|potkut|p}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|unattractive person, ugly woman}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|luuska}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|firearms: hard plastic case for a long firearm}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|baseball: bobbled ball}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|botany: inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[paisunut]] [[lippulehden]] [[tuppi]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[kick]].
#: {{ux|en|I '''booted''' the ball toward my teammate.}}
#: {{ux|en|You nearly '''booted''' me in the face!}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2017-01-14|url=http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21714298-all-wrong-reasons-thailands-new-king-rejects-armys-proposed-constitution?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/thailandsnewkingrejectsthearmysproposedconstitution|title=Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution|work=The Economist|passage=The one certainty is that the redrafting will delay by several months the general election that was supposed to be held at the end of this year. Mr Prayuth has implied that elections cannot now be held until after King Vajiralongkorn's coronation, which itself cannot take place until after his father's elaborate cremation, scheduled for October. All this '''boots''' the long-promised polls well into 2018.}}
# To put boots on, especially for riding.
#* {{RQ:Jonson Discoveries
|passage=Coated and '''booted''' for it.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial|North America|usually with [[it]]}} To step on the [[accelerator]] of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
#: {{ux|en|The storm is coming fast! '''Boot''' it!}}
#: {{ux|en|We had to '''boot''' it all the way there to get to our flight on time.}}
# {{rfv-sense|en}} To apply [[corporal punishment]] (compare [[slippering]]).
# {{lb|en|informal}} To [[eject]]; [[kick out]].
#: {{ux|en|We need to '''boot''' those troublemakers as soon as possible.}}
#: {{ux|en|The senator was '''booted''' from the committee for unethical behavior.}}
# {{lb|en|computing|informal}} To [[disconnect]] forcibly; to [[eject]] from an [[online]] [[service]], conversation, etc.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Dan Verton|title=The Hacker Diaries|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0072223642&id=le6jbnYNgQsC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=irc+booted&sig=UXlM74njMYW6gz4uZwV1fZV8Bbc|page=67
|passage=As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got '''booted''' off the channel.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=John C. Dvorak; Chris Pirillo|title=Online!|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0131423630&id=jpGCib8MIgsC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=irc+booted&sig=1sCReq9FPBp4yk4WTyRi1YjkOPQ|page=173
|passage=Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not '''booted'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Jobe Makar|title=Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0201770210&id=sdfWzPrNx2gC&pg=PA544&lpg=PA544&dq=irc+booted&sig=jL_eLr6Zhij93XmBWu6lw2-ULkw|page=544
|passage=In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was '''booted'''.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[vomit]]. <!-- Is this a {{British}} term? -->
#: {{ux|en|Sorry, I didn’t mean to '''boot''' all over your couch.}}
# {{C|en|Murder}}{{lb|en|MLE|criminal slang}} To [[shoot]], to [[kill]] by [[gunfire]].
#* {{quote-song|en|date=2015-11-01|lyricist=C4 (814)|title=Dem Man Know|passage=C4 run man through the alley<br/>Get a man down with the swammy<br/>Get a man down with the whammy<br/>'''Boot''' couple niggas on the road<br/>No face no case with the bally (booting)}}

=====Usage notes=====
* The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is '''kick'''.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|kick}} {{l|en|hoof}}, {{l|en|kick}}
* {{sense|disconnect from online conversation}} {{l|en|kick}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|boot up the backside}}, {{l|en|boot up the bum}}
* {{l|en|booting}}
* {{l|en|boot one}}
* {{l|en|boot out}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to kick}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ритам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|踢|tr=tī}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|trappen}}, {{t+|nl|schoppen}}, {{t+|nl|schieten}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|potkaista}}
* French: {{t+|fr|botter}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κλωτσώ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|кло́ца}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|botter}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пина́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|пнуть|pf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sparka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to put on boots}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[vetää]] [[saappaat]] [[jalkaan]]}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|botizar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to apply corporal punishment}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|afranselen}}, {{t+|nl|straffen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|teloittaa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to forcibly eject}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изхвърлям}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|eruitgooien}}, {{t+|nl|buitengooien}}, {{t|nl|eruittrappen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|heittää ulos}}
* French: {{t+|fr|expulser}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|вы́пнуть}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sparka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|computing: to eject from an online service}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|eruitgooien}}, {{t+|nl|buitengooien}}, {{t|nl|eruittrappen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|heittää ulos}}, {{t+|fi|bannata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|déconnecter}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to vomit}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vomitar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kotsen}}, {{t+|nl|braken}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oksentaa}}, {{t+|fi|yrjötä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vomir}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kräkas}}, {{t+|sv|spy}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|criminal slang: to kill by gunfire}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|suolata}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|boote}}, {{m|enm|bote}}, {{m|enm|bot}}, from {{inh|en|ang|bōt||help, relief, advantage}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bōtu}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bōtō||atonement, improvement}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰed-||good}}.

Akin to {{cog|non|bót||bettering, remedy}} ({{cog|da|bod}}), {{cog|got|𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰}}, {{cog|de|Buße}}. {{doublet|en|bote}} (a borrowing from Middle English).

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|archaic|dialectal}} [[remedy|Remedy]], [[amends]].
#* {{RQ:Scott Waverley|passage=Thou art '''boot''' for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1820|author=w:William Wordsworth|title=The Prioress' Tale (from Chaucer)
|passage=next her Son, our soul's best '''boot'''}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[profit|Profit]], [[plunder]].
# {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} 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]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida|IV|v|passage=I'll give you '''boot''', I'll give you three for one.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Jeffrey H. Rattiner|title=Financial Planning Answer Book 2009|pages=6–43
|passage=If mortgaged property is transferred, the amount of the mortgage is part of the '''boot'''. If both parties to the transaction transfer mortgages to each other, the party giving up the larger debt treats the excess as taxable '''boot'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2021|author=Eli Amir; Marco Ghitti|title=Financial Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions|page=117
|passage=If the target retains the '''boot''' and uses it for, say, paying its debt, there is taxation on the '''boot'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Profit; [[gain]]; [[advantage]]; [[use]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1|IV|iv|passage=Then talk no more of flight, it is no '''boot'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[repair|Repair]] work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. <!-- OED last records this sense in 1649-->{{defdate|to mid-17th c.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A medicinal [[cure]] or [[remedy]]. <!-- OED last records this sense in 1548 -->{{defdate|to mid-16th c.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|bootless}}
* {{l|en|to boot}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|remedy}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|båtnad|c}}, {{t+|sv|gagn|n}}, {{t+|sv|hjälp}}, {{t+|sv|fördel|c}}, {{t+|sv|vinning|c}}, {{t+|sv|vinst|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|profit}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|полза|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuotto}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinning|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}} {{tlb|en|archaic}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|_|or|_|intransitive|impersonal}} To be [[beneficial#Adjective|beneficial]], to [[help#Verb|help]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2|act=I|scene=iii|page=26|column=2|passage=It '''boots''' thee not to be compaſsionate, / After our ſentence, plaining comes too late.}}
#* {{RQ:Marlowe Edward 2|year=1622|page=15|passage=It '''bootes''' me not to threat, I must ſpeake faire, / The legate of the Pope will be obeyd: {{...}}}}
#* '''1678''' {{w|Richard Hooker}}, “A Sermon found in the study of Bishop Andrews” in {{w|Izaak Walton}}, ''The Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln'', London: Richard Marriot, p. 262,<sup>[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67467.0001.001]</sup>
#*: What '''booteth''' it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
#* {{RQ:Sterne Tristram Shandy|volume=I|chapter=XIX|pages=126–127|pageref=126|passage=What could be wanting in my father but to have wrote a book to publiſh this notion of his to the world? Little '''boots''' it to the ſubtle ſpeculatiſt to ſtand ſingle in his opinions,—unleſs he gives them proper proper vent: {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Southey Wat Tyler|page=44|passage=Think you that we should quarrel with the French? / What '''boots''' to us your victories, your glory? / We pay, we fight, you profit at your ease.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|impersonal}} To [[matter#Verb|matter]]; to be [[relevant#Adjective|relevant]].
#* {{RQ:Walpole Castle of Otranto|page=151|passage=I will go and offer myſelf to this divorce—it '''boots''' not what becomes of me.}}
#* {{RQ:Byron Childe Harold|canto=III|stanza=LIV|page=30|passage=[W]hat subdued / To change like this, a mind so far imbued / With scorn of man, it little '''boots''' to know; [...]}}
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Pendennis|volume=I|page=178|passage=What '''boots''' whether it be Westminster or a little country spire which covers your ashes, or if, a few days sooner or later, the world forgets you?}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} To [[enrich#Verb|enrich]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra|act=II|scene=v|page=348|column=2|passage=And I will '''boot''' thee with what [[guift]] beſide / Thy modeſtie can begge.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to profit}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ползвам}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|båta}}, {{t+|sv|gagna}}, {{t+|sv|hjälpa}}, {{t+|sv|tjäna}} (till)
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
{{clipping|en|bootstrap}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|act or process of bootstrapping}} {{lb|en|computing}} The act or process of [[bootstrap]]ping; the [[start]]ing or re-starting of a computing [[device]].
#: {{ux|en|It took three '''boots''', but I finally got the application installed.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|title=terms derived from ''boot (computing)''|bootable|{{l|en|boot block}}, {{l|en|bootblock}}|boot disk|booter|{{l|en|boot loader}}, {{l|en|bootloader}}|{{l|en|boot sector}}, {{l|en|bootsector}}|bootup|cold boot|dual boot|hot boot|master boot record|multiboot|boot time|reboot|warm boot|autoboot|bootability|bootflash|bootkit|bootload|Bootnik|bootROM|bootscan|bootsplash|netboot|preboot
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|the act or process of bootstrapping|id=act or process of bootstrapping}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|praŝarĝo}}, {{t|eo|startigo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käynnistys}}, {{t|fi|uudelleenkäynnistys}}, {{t+|fi|boottaus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Booten|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|indítás}}, {{t|hu|bootolás}}, {{t|hu|rendszerindítás}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|but}}, {{t+|id|inisialisasi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|avvio|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rozruch|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inicialização|f}}, {{t+|pt|boot|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|загру́зка}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{senseid|en|to start}} {{lb|en|computing}} To [[bootstrap]]; to [[start]] a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or [[bootstrap]].
#: {{syn|en|bootstrap|boot up|start}}
#: {{ant|en|shut down|stop|turn off}}
#: {{ux|en|When arriving at the office, the first thing I do is '''boot''' my machine.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|reboot}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to start a system|id=to start}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|啟動|tr=qǐdòng}}, {{t+|cmn|起動|tr=qǐdòng}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|opstarten}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|praŝarĝi}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|buutimine}}, {{t|et|buutima}} {{q|slang}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käynnistää}}, {{t|fi|bootata}} {{q|slang}}
* French: {{t+|fr|amorcer}}, {{t+|fr|démarrer}}
* German: {{t+|de|starten}}, {{t+|de|laden}}, {{t+|de|booten}}, {{t+|de|hochfahren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εκκινώ}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|indít}}, {{t+|hu|elindít}}, {{t+|hu|bootol}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|ræsa}}, {{qualifier|rare, initiate bootstrap}} {{t|is|inna ræsiforrit}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|avviare}}, {{t+|it|caricare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|起動|tr=きどうする, kidō-suru|alt=起動する|sc=Jpan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakaoho}}, {{t|mi|whakaara}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|wykonać rozruch|pf}}, {{t+|pl|uruchomić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|iniciar}}, {{t+|pt|inicializar}}, {{t+|pt|arrancar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|загружа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|загрузи́ть|pf}}
* Soussian: {{t|shi|awl i}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|arrancar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|boota}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|başlatma}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|khởi động}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{m|en|bootleg||to make or sell illegally}}, by shortening.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|informal}} A bootleg recording.
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=1999|author=Tom Fletcher|title=Looking for Iron Maiden boot traders|newsgroup=alt.music.bootlegs
|passage=I am looking to trade Iron Maiden '''boots'''. I have many Iron Maiden bootlegs. I have lots of Metallica. I trade CDR's, tapes and videos.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|bootleg recording}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bootleg|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|piraattikopio}}
* French: {{t|fr|copie pirate|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=boot|OOTB|boto}}

{{C|en|Auto parts|Footwear}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|boot}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/bʊət/|[buə̯t]}}<ref>2007. [http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/ The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive]. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.</ref>
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-boot.wav}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|bote}}

# [[boat]]

===References===
<references/>

{{topics|af|Watercraft}}

==Bikol Central==

===Noun===
{{head|bcl|noun}}

# {{alt sp|bcl|buot}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|yue|en|boot}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|c=but1
|cat=n,v
}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}} {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}}

# [[boot#English|boot]] (footwear) {{zh-mw|c:對}}

===Verb===
{{head|zh|verb}} {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}}

# to [[boot#English|boot]]; to [[boot up]]
#: {{zh-co|b{b}o{}o{u}t{t1} 機||C}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|boot}}, from {{der|nl|enm|bot|t=boat, ship}}, from {{der|nl|ang|bāt}}, from  {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*bait}}, from {{der|nl|gem-pro|*baitaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/boːt/|q2=Belgium|[boːt]|q3=Netherlands|[boʊ̯t]|q4=Holland also|[bɔu̯t]}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-boot (Belgium).ogg|a=Belgium}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-boot.ogg|a=Netherlands}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|boot}}
* {{rhymes|nl|oːt|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-en|+}}

# [[boat]]
#: {{ux|nl|We gaan dit weekend varen op onze nieuwe '''boot'''.|We're going boating on our new '''boat''' this weekend.}}
#: {{ux|nl|De vissers gebruikten hun kleine '''bootjes''' om de zee op te gaan.|The fishermen used their small '''boats''' to go out to sea.}}
#: {{ux|nl|Het eiland is alleen bereikbaar per '''boot''' of per helikopter.|The island is only accessible by '''boat''' or helicopter.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nl|schip}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{l|nl|sloep}}, {{l|nl|kayak}}, {{l|nl|kano}}, {{l|nl|pedalo}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|nl
|bootreis
|buiten de boot vallen
|de boot missen
|motorboot
|roeiboot
|stoomboot
|veerboot
|vissersboot
|woonboot
|zeilboot
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|af|boot}}
* {{desc|dcr|boot|bot}}
* {{desc|hns|bot|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pap|boto|bor=1}}
* {{desc|srn|boto|bor=1|unc=1}}
** {{desc|djk|boto|bor=1}}
** {{desc|jvn|boṭo|bor=1}}
** {{desc|arw|botu|bor=1}}
** {{desc|srm|bóto|bor=1}}

{{C|nl|Watercraft}}

==Karao==

===Noun===
{{head|kyj|noun}}

# [[mold]]

==Mansaka==

===Etymology===
From ''*buut'', from {{inh|msk|map-pro|*buhet}}.

===Noun===
{{head|msk|noun}}

# [[squirrel]]

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|bote|id=boot|t=boot}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|bote|id=help|t=help, aid}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|bot|t=boat}}

==Portuguese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pt|bute}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|boot}}. {{doublet|pt|bota}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|bute}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#s}}

# {{lb|pt|computing}} {{l|en|boot}} {{gloss|the act or process of bootstrapping}}
#* {{quote-book|pt|year=2008|author=Sistemas Operacionais com Java|title=Sistemas Operacionais com Java|pageurl=http://books.google.com.br/books?id=Y8HMA2XngmwC&pg=PA311#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9788535224061|page=311|publisher=Elsevier Brasil|text=As informações de '''boot''' podem ser armazenadas em uma partição separada. Mais uma vez, ela tem seu próprio formato, pois, no momento do '''boot''', o sistema ainda não carregou drivers de dispositivo do sistema de arquivos e, por isso, não pode interpretar o formato do sistema de arquivos.}}
# {{lb|pt|Brazil|chiefly|São Paulo|slang}} [[sneaker]]
#* {{quote-song|pt|title=Não Pisa no Meu Boot|lyricist=MC Caveirinha|composer=Wall Hein|location=São Paulo|publisher=Cp9 Produtora|year=2019|url=https://genius.com/Mc-caverinha-nao-pisa-no-meu-boot-lyrics|accessdate=2023-10-14|text=Pisa no meu coração, só não pisa no '''boot''' senão viro o bicho.}}

==Tetum==

===Adjective===
{{head|tet|adjective}}

# [[big]]

==Woleaian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|woe|[ˈboːti̥]}}

===Noun===
{{head|woe|noun}}

# [[nose]]

{{topics|woe|Face}}