Boot - Definition

n 1: footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
2: British term for the luggage compartment in a car
3: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush
from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang,
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
4: protective casing for something that resembles a leg
5: an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the
foot and leg [syn: boot, the boot, iron boot, iron
heel]
6: a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron
and slowly crushed
7: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball
a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn:
kick, boot, kicking]
v 1: kick; give a boot to
2: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial
processes; "boot your computer" [syn: boot, reboot,
bring up]