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/bo͞ots/,
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boots, plural;
  1. A hotel employee who cleans boots and shoes, carries luggage, and performs other menial tasks

  1. (boot) kick; give a boot to
  2. (boot) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
  3. (boot) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
  4. (boot) British term for the luggage compartment in a car
  5. (boot) bang: 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"
  6. (boot) protective casing for something that resembles a leg
  7. Boots UK Limited, commercially known as Boots and previously known as The Boots Company is a leading pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom, with outlets in most high streets throughout the country. Boots is also available in the Republic of Ireland, Norway and other territories. ...
  8. Boots is a 1966 studio album by Nancy Sinatra. Billy Strange was the arranger and conductor.
  9. A boot boy, often simply boots, was an English household servant. Usually a boy or young teenager, the boots was the lowest-ranking male servant; his main job was to clean, polish and care for the household members' boots and shoes, although he may have done other odd jobs as well, particularly ...
  10. Boots is a single by KMFDM, featuring a cover of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". It was the first release by the band after their three year hiatus.
  11. Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. ...
  12. (/boot/) In Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems, the /boot/ file directory holds files used in booting Linux. The usage is standardized in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
  13. (boot) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow with the foot; a kick; 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; A torture device used on the feet or legs, ...
  14. (BOOT) A bellows type covering to exclude dust, dirt, moisture, etc., from a flexible joint.
  15. (Boot) In an exchange of real property, any consideration received other than real property is boot. The amount of gain recognized is always limited to the gain realized or boot, whichever is the smaller amount. ...
  16. (Boot) Property the taxpayer receives in the exchange which does not qualify as "like-kind property". Cash proceeds are the most common form of boot. Boot is subject to taxation.
  17. (Boot) To switch on a computer. If the machine is re-started whilst running, this is called ‘re-booting’.
  18. (Boot) Something given in addition to. Generally used in exchange to refer to something given other than the major properties to be exchanged, in order to equalize value.
  19. (Boot) Money or property given to equalize an exchange of dissimilar properties.
  20. (Boot) A term used to describe what happens to a computer when it is turned on, the operating system begins to run, and then the user is able to use the computer successfully.
  21. (Boot) To start up your computer.  Because the computer gets itself up and going from an inert state, it could be said to lift itself up "by its own bootstraps" -- this is where the term 'boot' originates.
  22. (Boot) A piece of material preformed to protect roof penetrations from dirt, moisture and other foreign and/or damaging substances.
  23. To "boot" is to start a computer; usually the process is called rebooting. Often, after you install some new software on your computer, you are asked to "reboot," i.e. shut down and restart your computer.
  24. (Boot) Profit gained in exchange of properties on which income tax is not deferred. May be anything of value, which includes Loan relief.
  25. (Boot) Starting up an operating system. If the computer is already running, it is called rebooting.