Synonyms for boot
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1. bootnoun

   footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, charge, kicking, rush, bang, flush, kick, iron heel, thrill, the boot

2. bootnoun

   British term for the luggage compartment in a car

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, charge, kicking, rush, bang, flush, kick, iron heel, thrill, the boot

3. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, peak, recoil, strike, haste, accusation, thrill, shudder, blossom, commission, electric charge, prime, squawk, belt, explosive charge, blush, fringe, smash, care, hit, knock, bam, complaint, kick, bloom, gripe, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, clap, the boot, tutelage, hot flash, eruption, efflorescence, outpouring, bursting charge, smasher, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, rosiness, kicking, quiver, chill, charge, upsurge, heyday, rushing, frisson, bearing, spate, hurry, tingle, flower, flush, bitch, bang, bash, blast, rush, shiver, burster, iron heel, mission, gush, surge, beef

4. bootnoun

   protective casing for something that resembles a leg

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, charge, kicking, rush, bang, flush, kick, iron heel, thrill, the boot

5. boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heelnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, charge, kicking, rush, bang, flush, kick, iron heel, thrill, the boot

6. bootnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, charge, kicking, rush, bang, flush, kick, iron heel, thrill, the boot

7. kick, boot, kickingverb

   the act of delivering a blow with the foot

   "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"

   Synonyms:
   iron boot, charge, squawk, beef, kicking, rush, bang, recoil, the boot, gripe, kick, iron heel, thrill, flush, bitch

8. bootverb

   kick; give a boot to

   Synonyms:
   reboot, bring up

9. boot, reboot, bring upverb

   cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

   "boot your computer"

   Synonyms:
   raise, get up, cite, rear, nurture, elevate, parent, name, reboot, advert, stir, put forward, call down, arouse, conjure, evoke, call forth, lift, mention, bring up, refer, invoke, conjure up

Matched Categories

1. • Excitement
   • Footwear
   • Instrument Of Torture
   • Kick
   • Revive
   • Shell
   • Torture

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1. bootverb

   Synonyms:
   [Generally used impersonally.] profit, benefit, advantage

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1. bootnoun

   Synonyms:
   premium, bonus, buskin, gamashes

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1. List of paraphrases for "boot":

   bootable, initialization, start, startup, booting, starter, boots, cranking, bootup, grubbing-up, boot-up, restart, starting, init, landing, initializer, boat, reboot, bootstrapping, start-up, initializing, home, beginning, launch, crank, initialize, initiate, initialisation, commencement, trunk, dust, reset, hopper, bale

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1. Eric Hoffer:

   People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

2. Charlotte Watson:

   The ‘Run, Honor, Remember’ memorial boot display honors our fallen service members since Sept. 11, 2001. The Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services collects military-type boots and prepares them for display at Hedrick Stadium. Each boot represents a fallen hero from all branches of service, the families of the fallen heroes are still here.

3. Ashley Lagas:

   We based our weekend around the boot camp, but we also ended up doing yoga by the water the next day, we just wanted to be really active the whole weekend.

4. Don Tracy:

   He went to boot camp and then he went to Iraq, he was only over there about two and a half months when we lost him.

5. Brandon Rola:

   Around the ninth, 10th shovel full, I hit a child's boot.