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boot
1. noun, slang A thrill; a jolt of pleasure or excitement. I always get a boot out of seeing the kids open their gifts on each day of Hanukkah. Just because we're retired doesn't mean we can't get a boot out of life! I think some people shoplift just because it gives them a boot in their otherwise dull lives.
2. verb, slang To dismiss or discharge someone unceremoniously from some job, role, position, etc. A: "What happened to Bill?" B: "I heard they booted him for screwing up the Robertson accounts." They booted the senator out of office after evidence of his involvement in the scandal came to light. I heard his wife caught him cheating again and booted him from the house.
3. verb, slang To eject or remove someone from some place. Tell the bouncer to boot those obnoxious guys, will ya? You have no grounds to boot us out of here! Hey, watch the hair! I called security to boot the group of rowdy teens carrying on by the entrance.
4. verb, slang To vomit. I've been so sick that I feel like I've booted everything I've ever eaten. I felt like I was going to boot from seasickness out on that boat. After such a turbulent plane ride, we all felt like we were going to boot.
the boot
Prompt, unceremonious dismissal from one's job, role, or position. I heard they gave Bill the boot for screwing up the Robertson accounts. Everyone has been expecting the senator to get the boot after evidence of his involvement in the scandal came to light.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
*boot
dismissal from employment or from a place that one is in. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) I guess I wasn't dressed well enough to go in there. They gave me the boot. I'll work harder at my job today. I nearly got the boot yesterday.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
boot
1. n. a thrill; a charge. I get a real boot out of my grandchildren.
2. tv. to dismiss or eject someone. I booted him myself.
3. n. a dismissal or ejection. I got the boot even though I had worked there for a decade.
4. tv. & in. to start the operating system of a computer. When I booted, all I got was a feep.
5. in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. The kid booted and booted and will probably never smoke another cigar.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (as) tough as an old boot
- (as) tough as old boots
- (one's) heart is in (one's) boots
- (one's) heart sinks into (one's) boots
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be as full as a boot
- be quaking in (one's) boots
- be quaking in your boots
- be shaking in (one's) boots
- bet (one's) boots
- bet (one's) bottom dollar
- bet (one's) life
- big boots to fill
- boot
- boot camp
- boot or an animal out
- boot out
- boot someone out
- boot up
- boots and all
- boots on the ground
- bossyboots
- clever boots
- couldn't pour water out of a boot
- couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel
- couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
- die in (one's) boots
- die in boots
- die in harness, to
- die with (one's) boots on
- die with one's boots on
- die with your boots on
- fill (one's) boots
- fill (one's) shoes
- fill somebody's boots/shoes
- fill your boots
- get (one's)/the wobbly boot(s) on
- get the ax
- get the boot
- give (one) the boot
- give somebody/get the boot
- hang up (one's) boots
- hang up your boots
- have (one's) heart in (one's) boots
- have (one's) kicking boots on
- have (one's)/the wobbly boot(s) on
- have big boots to fill
- in bed with (one's) boots on
- Jesus boots
- kick out
- kicking boots
- knock boots
- knock boots (with one)
- lick (someone's) boots
- lick boots
- lick somebody's boots
- lick someone's boots
- lick the boots of (someone)
- over shoes, over boots
- pull on (one's)/the wobbly boot(s)
- put on (one's)/the wobbly boot(s)
- put the boot in
- put the boot to (one)
- put/stick the boot in
- quake in (one's) boots
- quake in one's boots
- quaking/shaking in your boots/shoes
- seven-league boots
- shake in (one's) boots
- shake in (one's) shoes
- shake in boots
- shake in one's shoes/boots, to
- shoe is on the other foot, the
- shoot the boots off (one)
- step into (someone's) boots
- step into someone's boots
- the boot
- the boot is on the other foot
- to boot
- too big for (one's) boots
- too big for one's britches
- too big for your boots
- tough as an old boot
- tough as old boots
- voice in his boots
- wear (one's)/the wobbly boot(s)
- wobbly boot(s)
- you (can) bet your boots
- You bet your boots!
- You bet your life!
- you can bet your boots
- your heart sinks into your boots
- your mother wears army boots