boot

boot1 [ but ] noun count ***

1. ) a type of shoe that covers all of your foot and part of your leg. You often wear boots to protect your feet and legs, for example from snow or rain:

walking/hiking/riding/ski boots: a new pair of ski boots

ankle/knee/thigh boots: She wore black leather ankle boots.

a ) BRITISH a type of shoe that you wear for a particular sport

2. ) BRITISH the TRUNK of a car

the boot is on the other foot BRITISH

used for saying that a situation has completely changed, so that the person who had the least power now has the most. American the shoe is on the other foot

get the boot or be given the boot BRITISH INFORMAL

1. ) to be told to leave your job or your school

2. ) to be told by your boyfriend or girlfriend that they do not want to see you any more

put/stick the boot in BRITISH INFORMAL

1. ) to criticize or unfairly attack someone who is already in a difficult position

2. ) to kick someone

quake/shake in your boots HUMOROUS

to feel very afraid

to boot SPOKEN

used for emphasizing the last point in a list of comments or criticisms:

The vegetables were overcooked and tasteless, and cold to boot.

too big for his/her boots BRITISH

much too proud. American too big for his/her britches

boot

boot 2 [ but ] verb *

1. ) transitive INFORMAL to kick something or someone hard:

boot something up/down/around/into etc.: He kept booting the ball into the crowd.

2. ) boot or boot up intransitive or transitive COMPUTING if a computer boots, or if you boot it, it starts working and becomes ready to use:

It'll take my laptop a couple of minutes to boot.

,boot `out phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

to make someone leave a place, their job, or something that they are involved in:

His girlfriend booted him out.

boot someone out of: They were booted out of the club for fighting.

,boot `up phrasal verb

same as BOOT 2 2