en
boot
/buːt/
Definition
1
A type of durable footwear that covers the foot and ankle or calf, often made of leather or rubber.
2
To start up a computer or electronic device by loading the operating system.
3
(British English) The storage compartment at the rear of a vehicle, equivalent to the trunk in American English.
4
To kick forcefully or to dismiss someone abruptly from a job or place.
Examples
My old computer takes longer to boot than a sloth auditioning for a yoga class.
She got the boot from the party after mistaking the punch bowl for a goldfish pond.
In a classic British road trip blunder, he packed the picnic in the boot and drove off with the hatch wide open.
The donkey ignored my polite nudge and forced me to boot it gently—turns out, it was just testing my patience levels.