1. (

• boot

) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg ;

2. (

• luggage_compartment ,
• automobile_trunk ,
• trunk ,
• boot ,

) compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" ;

3. (

• bang ,
• boot ,
• charge ,
• rush ,
• flush ,
• thrill ,
• kick

) 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" ;

4. (

• boot ,

) protective casing for something that resembles a leg ;

5. (

• boot ,
• the_boot ,
• iron_boot ,
• iron_heel

) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg ;

6. (

• boot ,

) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed ;

7. (

• kick ,
• boot ,
• kicking

) the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" ;

1. (

• boot

) kick; give a boot to ;

2. (

• boot ,
• reboot ,
• bring_up

) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" ;