booting
verb
- 1
To kick.
“I booted the ball toward my teammate.”
- 2
To put boots on, especially for riding.
- 3
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
- 4
To forcibly eject.
“We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible”
- 5
To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- 6
To vomit.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.”
- 7
(criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
verb
- 1
To avail, benefit, profit.
- 2
To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.
verb
- 1
To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
“When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.”
noun
- 1
A kicking, as with a booted foot.
- 2
The act by which a computer is booted.
- 3
Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
- 4
(criminal slang) Homicide by gunfire.
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