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BOOT

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

BOOT is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BOOTS-s 2 BOOTING-ing 5 BOOTED-ed 3
noun
  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
  3. uncountableA blow with the foot; a kick.
  4. 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.
  5. figurativelyOppression, an oppressor.
  6. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  7. USA parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  8. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
  9. obsoleteA place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  10. archaicA place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  11. AustraliaUKThe luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
  12. informalThe act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
    • He was useless so he got the boot.
  13. UKslangAn unattractive person, ugly woman.
    • old boot
  14. USslangA recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
  15. USpluralusuallyA soldier, especially a footsoldier.
    • We do not anticipate there will be US boots on the ground to help quell the violence.
  16. ethnicslangslurA black person.
  17. A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
  18. A bobbled ball.
  19. The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
  20. slangA linear amplifier used with CB radio.
  21. slangA tyre.
  22. USA crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
  23. archaiccountabledialectaluncountableRemedy, amends.
  24. uncountableProfit, plunder.
  25. countableuncountableThat which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
  26. countableobsoleteuncountableProfit; gain; advantage; use.
  27. countableobsoleteuncountableRepair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
  28. countableobsoleteuncountableA medicinal cure or remedy.
  29. archaicThe act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
    • It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.
  30. archaicinformalA bootleg recording.
verb
  1. transitiveTo kick.
    • I booted the ball toward my teammate.
    • You nearly booted me in the face!
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
  3. CanadaUScolloquialusuallyTo step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
    • The storm is coming fast! Boot it!
    • We had to boot it all the way there to get to our flight on time.
  4. informalTo eject; kick out.
    • We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.
    • The senator was booted from the committee for unethical behavior.
  5. informalTo disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  6. slangTo vomit.
    • Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
  7. slangTo shoot, to kill by gunfire.
  8. archaicimpersonalintransitivetransitiveTo be beneficial, to help.
  9. archaicimpersonalintransitiveTo matter; to be relevant.
  10. archaicraretransitiveTo enrich.
  11. archaicTo bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
    • When arriving at the office, the first thing I do is boot my machine.