Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stout military boot that extends above the knee.
- noun A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.
- noun The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of large boot reaching up over the knee, and serving as defensive armor for the leg, introduced in the seventeenth century; now, a similar boot reaching above the knee, worn by fishermen and others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 19th century a man's high tasseled boot.
- noun A strong leather boot reaching up to or over the knee; it is worn mostly by soldiers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
glossy leather calf -coveringmilitary boot , commonly associated withGerman soldiers of the WWII era - noun The
spirit thatmotivates atotalitarian or overly militaristicregime orpolicy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
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Examples
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“When these images clash — as in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting pot — it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking.” —
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Democratic Strategist misdescribes some legal issues 2010
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When these images clash — as in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting pot — it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking.
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A jackboot is a laceless military boot that comes almost to the knee; whose sole is studded with steel hobnails and whose heel is rimmed with steel.
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When these images clashas in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting potit can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking.
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Bong Hits for Jesus says that the school can jackboot on its students for off campus speech if there is the slightest connection to the school.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game 2010
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Unfortunateley in Queensland they had a despot called Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, a Kiwi of determined jackboot disposition.
Cheeseburger Gothic » God bless you, big insurance company. 2009
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Alpha Centauri or Die shows a Solar System government either disillusioned with interstellar travel, or perhaps having more jackboot clad reasons.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Maxrosen it's not as simple as that now is it. what if the muslim brotherhood started sending suicide bombers to blow up BA jets? what if democracy is what the people of egypt wants but needs a bit of help getting out from under Mubarak's jackboot? what then? what what what?
Cairo protests:The west has a duty to nurture democracy | Observer editorial 2011
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THE IRONY OF RHEE -- Michael Tomasky on Michelle Rhee in the Guardian: She's lately thrown in whole hog with the right wing, advising tea party governors like Rick Scott of Florida, and undoubtedly cheering lustily for the jackboot to land on the throats of the teachers of Wisconsin.
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Bong Hits for Jesus says that the school can jackboot on its students for off campus speech if there is the slightest connection to the school.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game 2010
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