boot
verb/buːt/
/buːt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they boot | /buːt/ /buːt/ |
| he / she / it boots | /buːts/ /buːts/ |
| past simple booted | /ˈbuːtɪd/ /ˈbuːtɪd/ |
| past participle booted | /ˈbuːtɪd/ /ˈbuːtɪd/ |
| -ing form booting | /ˈbuːtɪŋ/ /ˈbuːtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] boot something + adv./prep. to kick somebody/something hard with your foot
- He booted the ball clear of the goal.
- [intransitive, transitive] boot (something) (up) (computing) to prepare a computer for use by loading its operating system; to be prepared in this wayTopics Computersc2
- [transitive] be/get booted(North American English, informal) if you or your car is booted, a piece of equipment is fixed to the car’s wheel so that you cannot drive it away, usually because the car is illegally parked see also clamp
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old Norse bóti or its source, Old French bote, of unknown ultimate origin.
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