Boot | Mean of boot in English Dictionary

/ˈbuːt/

• Noun
• a covering usually of leather or rubber for the entire foot and the lower part of the leg
1. You'll need a pair of warm boots for winter.
2. It's been snowing, so you'd better wear your boots.
3. hiking boots [=boots worn for hiking]
4. riding boots [=boots worn for horseback riding]
• a forceful kick with the foot
1. She gave the ball a boot, and it landed on the other side of the field.
• a sudden dismissal from a job
1. He got the boot [=got fired] for talking to the press about company secrets.
2. I heard they gave her the boot. [=they fired her; they told her she could no longer work for them]

• the trunk of a car
• to treat someone in a cruel or critical way
• to kick someone again and again
• Verb
• to kick (something) forcefully
1. She booted the ball across the field.
• to force (someone) to leave a place or situation
1. He left public service after voters booted him from the mayor's office. [=he chose not to work for the government after he was not reelected as mayor]
2. Any players who start a fight will get booted from the game.
3. His wife booted him out. [=his wife made him leave their home]
4. He got booted out of office in the last election.
• to dismiss (someone) suddenly from a job
1. She got booted [=fired] in May and has been looking for work ever since.
• to start a computer
1. The new computer boots much more quickly than the old one did.
2. Did you boot up yet?
3. You don't need all these applications to open every time you boot your computer.
4. She booted up the computer.
• to lock a special device (called a Denver boot) onto one of the wheels of (a car) so that the car cannot be moved
1. His car was booted (by the police).