boot

n.

1. Protective footgear, as of leather or rubber, covering the foot and part or all of the leg.
2. A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck.
3. Chiefly British. An automobile trunk.
4. 1. A kick.
   2. Slang. An unceremonious dismissal, as from a job. Used with the.
   3. Slang. A swift, pleasurable feeling; a thrill.
5. A Denver boot.
6. A marine or navy recruit in basic training.
7. Computer Science. The process of starting or restarting a computer.
8. boots An instrument of torture, used to crush the foot and leg.

tr.v., boot·ed, boot·ing, boots.

1. To put boots on.
2. To kick.
3. Slang. To discharge unceremoniously. See synonyms at dismiss.
4. Computer Science. To start (a computer) by loading an operating system from a disk.
5. To disable (a vehicle) by attaching a Denver boot.
6. Baseball. To misplay (a ground ball).

[Middle English bote, from Old French.]

boot² (būt)
intr.v., boot·ed, boot·ing, boots.

To be of help or advantage; avail.

n.

1. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. See lagniappe.
2. Archaic. Advantage; avail.

idiom:

to boot

1. In addition; besides: Not only was the new cruise ship the biggest in the world, but the fastest to boot.

[Middle English boten, to be of help, from Old English bōtian, from bōt, help.]

Cash or other property added to an exchange or a transaction in order to make the value of traded goods equal.

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For example, when you trade in an older car (and cash) for a new model, the cash you pay in addition to your older car is the boot. In fact, you still hear people say things like "I'll throw in the warranty to boot", when referring to a sweetener for a deal.

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Unlike property included to balance the value of like properties exchanged.
Example: In an exchange of property under section 1031 of the internal revenue code, Collins exchanges her warehouse worth $1,000,000 and receives Baker's land worth $1,250,000. Collins pays $240,000 cash and a car worth $10,000 to boot in order to equalize the values of properties exchanged. The car and cash are boot .

1. In computers, process of starting up a computer. The term boot derives from the idea that the computer has to pull itself up by its bootstraps, that is, load into memory a small program that enables it to load larger programs. There are two types of booting operations. One is cold boot, which is the operation of booting a computer that has been completely shut down. The other is warm boot, which is a restarting operation in which some of the needed programs are already in memory. In the case of the IBM PC, for example, the warm boot is done by pressing ctr, alt, and del keys simultaneously.

2. In taxation, cash or property of a type not included in the definition of a nontaxable exchange. The receipt of boot will cause an otherwise tax-free transfer to become taxable to the extent of the smaller of the fair market value of such boot or the realized gain on the transfer. Examples of those types include transfers to controlled corporations.

noun

1. The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment: discharge, dismissal, termination. Informal ax. Slang bounce, sack. See keep/release.
2. The act of ejecting or the state of being ejected: dismissal, ejection, ejectment, eviction, expulsion, ouster. Slang bounce. See keep/release.
3. A strong, pleasant feeling of excitement or stimulation: lift, thrill. Informal wallop. Slang bang, high, kick. See excite/bore/interest.

verb

1. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang bounce, can, sack. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See keep/release.
2. To put out by force. bump, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, oust, throw out. Informal chuck. Slang bounce, kick out. Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone theheave-hoold heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear. See keep/release.

boot²

verb

To be an advantage to: advantage, avail, benefit, profit, serve. Idioms: stand someone in good stead. See help/harm/harmless.

Idioms beginning with boot:
boot up
boot out

See also die with one's boots on; get the ax (boot); kick (boot) out; lick someone's boots; pull oneself up (by the bootstraps); quake in one's boots; to boot; too big for one's breeches (boots); you can bet your ass (boots). Also see under shoe.

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[techspeak; from ‘by one's bootstraps’] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine. This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon.

The derivative reboot implies that the machine hasn't been down for long, or that the boot is a bounce (sense 4) intended to clear some state of wedgitude. This is sometimes used of human thought processes, as in the following exchange: “You've lost me.” “OK, reboot. Here's the theory....”

This term is also found in the variants cold boot (from power-off condition) and warm boot (with the CPU and all devices already powered up, as after a hardware reset or software crash).

Another variant: soft boot, reinitialization of only part of a system, under control of other software still running: “If you're running the mess-dos emulator, control-alt-insert will cause a soft-boot of the emulator, while leaving the rest of the system running.”

Opposed to this there is hard boot, which connotes hostility towards or frustration with the machine being booted: “I'll have to hard-boot this losing Sun.” “I recommend booting it hard.” One often hard-boots by performing a power cycle.

Historical note: this term derives from bootstrap loader, a short program that was read in from cards or paper tape, or toggled in from the front panel switches. This program was always very short (great efforts were expended on making it short in order to minimize the labor and chance of error involved in toggling it in), but was just smart enough to read in a slightly more complex program (usually from a card or paper tape reader), to which it handed control; this program in turn was smart enough to read the application or operating system from a magnetic tape drive or disk drive. Thus, in successive steps, the computer ‘pulled itself up by its bootstraps’ to a useful operating state. Nowadays the bootstrap is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the disk, called the ‘boot block’. When this program gains control, it is powerful enough to load the actual OS and hand control over to it.

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The flange and metal casing around a pipe that passes through a roof.

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Term referring to the taxable portion of a nontaxable exchange. The general rule for nonrecognition tax treatment in a like-kind exchange applies only to qualifying property exchanged solely for other qualifying property. However, if an exchange that otherwise qualifies for nonrecognition treatment includes the transfer of cash or non-like-kind property (called "boot"), the transaction still qualifies for like-kind exchange treatment, but is only partially nontaxable (I.R.C. §1031). There are three different types of boot: (1) cash, (2) nonqualifying property (i.e., property that is not "like-kind" to the property exchanged, property not held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment, and property like stock in trade and goodwill that is excluded from nonrecognition treatment); and (3) assumption of liabilities.

A recruit, a rookie, a newbie. Applicable to all U. S. military services.

IN BRIEF: n. - The act of delivering a blow with the foot; Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg. Also: with "to," in addition to; over and above.

The idea of Utopia is mischievous as well as unrealistic. And dull, to boot. Man is born pushing and shoving as the sparks fly upward. — D. Lilienthal, Source: Journal of D. Lilienthal

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - opstartsprogram, bootprogram
v. tr. - boote, starte, opstarte

idioms:

• boot camp    uddannelseslejr for marinerekrutter
• boot disk    bootdisk, bootdiskette, opstartsdiskette
• boot out    sparke
• get the boot    få sparket, ryge ud
• give the boot    give sparket, smide ud
• put the boot in    sparke voldsomt, overfalde med spark
• the boot is on the other foot    piben har fået en anden lyd, rollerne er byttet om

2.
v. intr. - sparke
n. - støvle

Nederlands (Dutch)
laars, schop, kofferbak, ontslag, buit, nieuwe rekruut, schoppen, slaan, opstarten (computer), laarzen aandoen

Français (French)
1.
n. - coup de pied, botte, bottillon, boot, botte (en caoutchouc), bottine, botte à l'écuyère, brodequin, grosse chaussure montante, (GB) coffre, malle, malle arrière
v. tr. - botter, donner un coup de pied à, frapper du pied, (Comput) amorcer

idioms:

• boot camp    (US, Mil) camp d'entraînement pour nouvelles recrues
• boot disk    (Comput) disque de remise à zéro
• boot out    virer, flanquer qn à la porte
• get the boot    se faire renvoyer/renvoyer qn
• give someone the boot    se faire renvoyer/renvoyer qn
• put the boot in    rouer de coups de pieds
• the boot is on the other foot    les rôles sont renversés

2.
v. intr. - profiter à, avantager, servir à (arch)
n. - par-dessus le marché, par surcroît, avantage

idioms:

• to boot    par-dessus le marché, en plus, de plus, par surcroît, sans parler de

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Stiefel, Kofferraum, Tritt, Starting-up-Disk, Raub
v. - Stiefel anziehen, treten, (Comp) laden, angreifen

idioms:

• boot camp    (mil.) Ausbildungslager
• boot disk    Bootdisk
• boot out    (ugs.) rausschmeißen
• get the boot    (ugs.) gefeuert werden, (ugs) rausgeschmissen werden
• give someone the boot    (ugs) jdn. rausschmeißen
• put the boot in    brutal treten, entschieden auftreten
• the boot is on the other foot    es ist genau umgekehrt

2.
v. - noch dazu geben
n. - noch dazu, obendrein

idioms:

• to boot    treten, kicken (ugs), (Computing) [up] laden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπότα, αρβύλα, κλοτσιά, χώρος αποσκευών αυτοκινήτου, πορτ-μπαγκάζ, εκδίωξη, απόλυση, εκκίνηση Η/Υ
v. - κλοτσώ, πετάω με τις κλοτσιές, ξεκινώ (υπολογιστή) (κν. μπουτάρω)

idioms:

• boot camp    (ΗΠΑ) κέντρο εκπαίδευσης νεοσυλλέκτων
• boot disk    δίσκος εκκίνησης Η/Υ
• boot out    (καθομ.) διώχνω με τις κλοτσιές, αποπέμπω
• get the boot    απολύομαι (κν. τρώω κλοτσιά/φύσημα)
• give the boot    απολύω, δίνω τα παπούτσια στο χέρι
• put the boot in    (καθομ.) κλωτσώ βάναυσα, ενεργώ αποφασιστικά
• the boot is on the other foot    οι ρόλοι έχουν αντιστραφεί, το μπαλάκι είναι στην άλλη πλευρά
• too big for one's boots    υπερφίαλος, ψωροφαντασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
prendere a calci, dare un calcio, calcio, stivaletto, bagagliaio

idioms:

• boot camp    Centro Addestramento Reclute
• boot out    espellere
• die with your boots on    morire sulla breccia
• get/give the boot    licenziare
• put the boot in    infierire su
• quake in your boots    tremare di paura
• step into someone's boots    mettere il naso negli affari altrui, mettersi al posto di
• the boot is on the other foot    é il contrario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bota (f), porta-malas (m), chute (m), demissão (f)
v. - chutar, inicializar o computador (Inf.)

idioms:

• boot camp    acampamento (m) militar
• boot out    demitir
• die with your boots on    trabalhar até morrer
• get/give the boot    demitir/ser demitido
• lick someone's boots    submeter-se a alguém
• put the boot in    pisotear alguém
• quake in your boots    tremer de medo
• step into someone's boots    assumir as responsabilidades de outrem
• the boot is on the other foot    a situação reverteu-se

Русский (Russian)
шваркнуть, ударить ногой, башмак, багажник

idioms:

• boot camp    учебное подразделение для новобранцев
• boot out    выставить, выгнать, вытурить
• die with your boots on    умереть на посту
• get/give the boot    выгнать, вытурить
• lick someone's boots    подлизываться, подхалимничать
• put the boot in    прибегнуть к жестоким мерам
• quake in your boots    трястись от страха
• step into someone's boots    занять положение другого
• the boot is on the other foot    теперь я в состоянии пнуть тебя

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - patada, puntapié, bota, maletero, portaequipajes
v. tr. - dar patadas, patear, dar un puntapié

idioms:

• boot camp    campamento de entrenamiento de reclutas
• boot disk    disco de inicio
• boot out    echar a patadas, despedir
• get the boot    ser puesto de patitas en la calle
• give someone the boot    poner de patitas en la calle, despedir, echar del trabajo
• put the boot in    pisotear, atacar violentamente, poner la bota en el rostro de alguien
• the boot is on the other foot    ha dado la vuelta a la tortilla, la situación cambió por completo

2.
v. intr. - ser de ayuda, servir, aprovechar
n. - pequeño presente

idioms:

• to boot    además , para colmos, por añadidura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - känga, stövel, bagageutrymme
v. - förse med stövlar, sparka, ge sparken, ladda, starta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 靴, 橡胶套鞋, 男短筒靴, 一踢, 使穿靴, 赶走, 逐出, 猛踢, 开机

idioms:

• boot camp    训练新兵之营地
• boot disk    使计算机起动的磁盘
• boot out    撵走, 解雇
• get the boot    解雇
• give the boot    解雇, 把...赶走, 炒鱿鱼
• put the boot in    狠狠地踢, 再踢一脚做出残酷的行为
• the boot is on the other foot    事实正相反

2. 有利, 有用, 利益, 效用

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 靴, 橡膠套鞋, 男短筒靴, 一踢
v. tr. - 使穿靴, 趕走, 逐出, 猛踢, 開機

idioms:

• boot camp    訓練新兵之營地
• boot disk    使電腦起動的磁片
• boot out    攆走, 解雇
• get the boot    解雇
• give the boot    解僱, 把...趕走, 炒魷魚
• put the boot in    狠狠地踢, 再踢一腳做出殘酷的行為
• the boot is on the other foot    事實正相反

2.
v. intr. - 有利, 有用
n. - 利益, 效用

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 장화, 걷어차기, 해고
v. tr. - ~에게 장화를 신기다, ~을 차다, ~을 해고하다

idioms:

• boot out    해고하다
• get the boot    해고하다[되다]
• give the boot    해고하다[되다]
• put the boot in    차버리다
• the boot is on the other foot    책임은 상대방에게 있다, 얼토 당토 않은 생각이다, 형세가 일변했다

2.
v. intr. - 이익이 되다, 쓸모 있다
n. - 덤, 이익

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 長靴, ブーツ, 深靴, トランク, 蹴とばすこと, 新兵, 蹴飛ばすこと
v. - 蹴とばす

idioms:

• boot camp    基礎訓練キャンプ, 新兵訓練所
• boot out    追い出す, 解雇する
• get/give the boot    首になる
• put the boot in    ひどくけり上げる
• the boot is on the other foot    お門違い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جزمه, حذاء طويل, صندوق السيارة (فعل) ركل, رفس, حضر الكومبيوتر للتشغيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגף, נעל, בעיטה, פיטורין, תיחול, אדם (בבוז)‬
v. tr. - ‮תיחל (מערכת מחשב), בעט, פיטר‬
v. intr. - ‮הועיל (מיושן), נעל מגפיים‬
n. - ‮תא המטען (במכונית)‬

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