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. Director Matthew O’Neill:

   I think that the combination of physical discipline…. spoke to some of the things that Dwayne uses in his life to keep on the right track, he's been very public about -- there was a time where he was a wayward youth and there but for the grace of whatever he could have been in boot camp or in prison. So he sees the importance of second chances and the importance of using discipline to reform your life.

2. 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.

3. Tiffany Vibert:

   It seems that the thimble, boot and wheelbarrow tokens didn’t resonate with today’s fans, while conversely, the animal tokens pull at their heartstrings. They have also opted for traditional choices. The Mr. Monopoly emoji saw the most amount of all the emoji token options — it came in 20th place.

4. Jamaal Abegaz:

   We're organizing for Black Lives, we have to live, so we're not going to live under somebody's boot.

5. Ellen White:

   You still got to score goals whoever you come across, megan Rapinoe( Morgan) scored five goals against Thailand and some of them goals were absolute screamers to be honest. Congratulations to either Rapinoe or Morgan, whoever gets the Golden Boot, but very happy to have scored six goals this tournament and to have contributed to my team.