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Bootstraps

A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

📖 Definitions of "Bootstraps"

noun

1
A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
2
A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
"He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters."
3
The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory
4
The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bootstraps"

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Word	Definition
hard worknoun	Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
hardworking	Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
hard working	Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
american dreamnoun	(idiomatic) The ideal stressing egalitarianism and that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve material prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.
blue collar	A blue-collar worker is a working-class person who performs manual labor.
wage earnernoun	Someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household.
entrepreneurshipnoun	The quality of being an entrepreneur.
work ethicnoun	The tendency to work hard at one's job or duties.
boot makernoun	a maker of boots
bootmakernoun	A maker of boots; a cobbler.
incomenoun	Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
upward mobilitynoun	(sociology) Ability to advance to better-paid or better-regarded social strata.
industriousnessnoun	The quality of being industrious.
working classnoun	The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
socioeconomic	Alternative form of socio-economic. [Of or pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors.]
entrepreneurismnoun	Synonym of entrepreneurialism.
perseverencenoun	Misspelling of perseverance. [Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.]
cashflownoun	Alternative form of cash flow. [(accounting) The sum of cash revenues and expenditures over a period of time.]
perseverancenoun	Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
entrepreneurialismnoun	The spirit or state of acting in an entrepreneurial manner.