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===Etymology 1===

From {{inh|en|enm|boote}}, {{m|enm|bote||shoe}}, from {{der|en|fro|bote||a high, thick shoe}}. Of obscure origin, but probably related to {{der|en|fro|bot||club-foot}}, {{m|fro|bot||fat, short, blunt}}, from Old {{der|en|frk|*butt}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*buttaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*butaz||cut off, short, numb, blunt}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰewt-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰewd-||to strike, push, shock}}; if so, a {{doublet|en|butt|nocap=1}}. Compare {{cog|non|butt||stump}}, {{cog|nds|butt||blunt, plump}}, {{cog|ang|bytt||small piece of land}}, {{m|ang|buttuc||end}}. More at {{m|en|buttock}} and {{m|en|debut}}.

 

{{en-noun}}

 

## {{lb|en|sports}} A kind of [[sport]]s [[shoe]] worn by [[player]]s of [[certain]] [[game]]s such as [[cricket]] and [[football]].

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[blow]] with the foot; a [[kick]].

# {{lb|en|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.

# {{lb|en|archaic}} A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

# {{lb|en|Australia|British|NZ|South Africa|automotive}} The [[luggage]] [[storage]] [[compartment]] of a [[sedan]] or [[saloon]] car.

#* {{quote-text|en|year=1998|author=w:Ruth Rendell|title=A Sight For Sore Eyes|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RKj404_tJnoC&pg=PA260&dq=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22+car+-intitle:%22boot%7Cboots%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MYUBT93bJYnwmAWVzsToBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22boot%22%7C%22boots%22%20car%20-intitle%3A%22boot%7Cboots%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=260|year_published=2010

# {{lb|en|British|slang}} An unattractive person, ugly woman.

#: {{coi|en|old '''boot'''}}

# {{lb|en|slang|ethnic slur}} A black person.

#* {{RQ:MacInnes City of Spades|year=1964|page=22|passage=My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, '''boot''' or munt or nigger, even.}}

=====Derived terms=====

{{der3|en|bootlid|bootload|bootspace|froot

|boot camp|boot and rally|boot jack|boot lip|boot manager|bootblack|pac boot|topboot

|boot cut

|paratrooper boot

|jungle boot

|kinky boot

|Malay boot

* French: {{t+|fr|botte|f}} {{qualifier|high}}, {{t+|fr|bottine|f}} {{qualifier|to the ankle}}

* Galician: {{t+|gl|bota|f}}

* German: {{t+|de|Stiefel|m}}

* Greek: {{t+|el|μπότα|f}}

|passage=Coated and '''booted''' for it.}}

# {{lb|en|colloquial|North America|usually with [[it]]}} To step on the [[accelerator]] of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.

# {{rfv-sense|en}} To apply [[corporal punishment]] (compare [[slippering]]).

# {{lb|en|informal}} To [[eject]]; [[kick out]].

# {{lb|en|computing|informal}} To [[disconnect]] forcibly; to [[eject]] from an [[online]] [[service]], conversation, etc.

#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Dan Verton|title=The Hacker Diaries|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0072223642&id=le6jbnYNgQsC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=irc+booted&sig=UXlM74njMYW6gz4uZwV1fZV8Bbc|page=67

|passage=In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was '''booted'''.}}

# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[vomit]]. <!-- Is this a {{British}} term? -->

#* {{quote-song|en|date=2015-11-01|lyricist=C4 (814)|title=Dem Man Know|passage=C4 run man through the alley<br/>Get a man down with the swammy<br/>Get a man down with the whammy<br/>'''Boot''' couple niggas on the road<br/>No face no case with the bally (booting)}}

 

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===Etymology 2===

 

Akin to {{cog|non|bót||bettering, remedy}} ({{cog|da|bod}}), {{cog|got|𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰}}, {{cog|de|Buße}}. {{doublet|en|bote}} (a borrowing from Middle English).

* {{anagrams|en|a=boot|OOTB|boto}}

 

 

==Afrikaans==

 

===Noun===

 

# [[boat]]

** {{desc|srm|bóto|bor=1}}

 

 

==Karao==

 

# {{lb|pt|computing}} {{l|en|boot}} {{gloss|the act or process of bootstrapping}}

# {{lb|pt|Brazil|chiefly|São Paulo|slang}} [[sneaker]]

 

==Tetum==