Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Torture by means of the boot. See
boot , n., 3. - noun Booty; plunder.
- noun The taking of booty.
- noun Advantage; service; avail.
- noun Payment in addition or into the bargain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
- noun A kind of torture. See
boot , n., 2. - noun United States A kicking, as with a booted foot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
boot . - noun A
kicking , as with a booted foot.
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Examples
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Not surprisingly, in that almost year's time, booting is up from last year based on numbers provided by the DOR during city council budget hearings today at City Hall.
City Booting More Cars, Issuing Fewer Tickets The Expired Meter 2010
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Step 2: Make a partition to install Ubuntu on now (mine is/dev/sda1), before booting from the LiveCD.
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Try booting from the OS CD and run disk-utilities to see if it fixes the problem.
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I then tried booting from a USB stick, SD card, and even tried a friend's external DVD-Rom drive.
After Massive Runaround, HP Sends Your Laptop Back Filled With Viruses - The Consumerist 2009
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I prefer booting from a CD and do a backup while not running the OS. davomartinez versatileninja
Separate Data From Windows On A Standalone Partition | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Not surprisingly, in that almost year's time, booting is up from last year based on numbers provided by the DOR during city council budget hearings today at City Hall.
City Booting More Cars, Issuing Fewer Tickets The Expired Meter 2010
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I tried booting from a CD to reinstall the OS, but it still crashed.
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#581/February 18, 2010/1: 04 min. Why is it called booting your computer?
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#581/February 18, 2010/1: 04 min. Why is it called booting your computer?
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You’ll likely need to head into your BIOS settings and ensure that USB booting is enabled and/or “ranked” above the hard drive as a boot option.
The Complete Guide To Saving Your Windows System With A Thumb Drive | Lifehacker Australia 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word booting
Applying a device (a boot) to a vehicle in order to make a vehicle undrivable until unpaid parking fees, etc are paid.
See wheel clamp, wheel boot, parking boot, or Denver boot.
A device designed to prevent vehicles from being moved. In its most common form, it consists of a clamp that surrounds a vehicle wheel, designed to prevent removal of both itself and the wheel.
In the United States, the device became known as a "Denver boot" after the city of Denver, Colorado was the first in the country to employ them, mostly to force the payment of outstanding parking tickets.
"A "booter" was shot while booting a vehicle, Department of Revenue Director Bea Reyna-Hickey said, directing further inquiries to police."
May 4, 2016