Antonyms for boot
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : boot |
Phonetic Transcription : but |
Definition of boot
Origin :- footwear, early 14c., from Old French bote "boot" (12c.), with corresponding words in Provençal and Spanish, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Germanic source. Originally for riding boots only. An old Dorsetshire word for "half-boots" was skilty-boots [Halliwell, Wright].
- noun heavy, often tall, shoe
- verb kick; oust
- verb start operating system
- I'll trade this chestnut—and he's a fine traveler—with a good price to boot.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- But this time he saw only the foot of the woman clad in a man's boot.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- So saying, he thrust his boot into the snow, intending to kick it over the girl.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- "It wasn't anything," said Grant shortly, tugging at a boot.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- As well try to mend a spider's web when you have put your boot through it.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- After hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- I closed them again quickly as some one approached and prodded me with the toe of his boot.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Then he looked at his boot; its heel was covered with blood.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Fandor tried to follow its outline with the toe of his boot.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- She pulled and pushed and twisted, gasping with pain; the boot would not stir.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
Synonyms for boot
- ax
- bootstrap
- bounce
- brogan
- can
- chase
- chuck
- cold boot
- cut
- discharge
- dismiss
- drive
- dropkick
- eighty-six
- eject
- evict
- expel
- extrude
- fire
- footwear
- galoshes
- heave
- kick out
- knock
- load
- mukluk
- oxford
- punt
- reboot
- reset
- restart
- sack
- shove
- snow shoes
- start
- start computer
- terminate
- throw out
- waders
- warm boot
- waters
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