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Meaning:
Noun:
- A blow with the foot; a kick.
- A bootleg recording.
- A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
- archaic A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
- A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft?s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A wing boot.
- A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
- British|automotive The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- informal The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
- computing The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
- construction A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
- dated Remedy, amends
- obsolete A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
- uncountable Profit, plunder.
- US A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
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Verb:
- informal To disconnect, to remove from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others.
- computing To bootstrap; to start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
- informal To forcibly eject.
- slang To vomit.
- To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
- To kick.
- transitive To profit, avail, benefit.
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