ENGLISH: boot - CREOLE: bòt



Overview of noun boot



The noun boot has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (13) boot -- (footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg)

2. (1) boot -- (British term for the luggage compartment in a car)

3. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick -- (the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks")

4. boot -- (protective casing for something that resembles a leg)

5. boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel -- (an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg)

6. boot -- (a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed)

7. kick, boot, kicking -- (the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent")



Overview of verb boot



The verb boot has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. boot -- (kick; give a boot to)

2. boot, reboot, bring up -- (cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer")

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