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Definition of boot verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    boot

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//but//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they boot
     
     he / she / it boots
     
     past simple booted
     
     -ing form booting
     
     
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  1. 1[transitive] boot something + adv./prep. to kick someone or something hard with your foot He booted the ball clear across the field.
  2. 2[intransitive, transitive] boot (something) (up) (computing) to prepare a computer for use by loading its operating system; to be prepared in this way
  3. 3[transitive] be/get booted (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 Denver boot
    4. Phrasal Verbsboot out
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