boot

boot is a 4-letter English word with 24 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 24 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
2. noun. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
3. noun. Profit; gain; advantage; use.
4. transitive verb. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
5. transitive verb. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
6. noun. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
7. noun. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
8. noun. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
9. noun. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
10. noun. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
11. noun. The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
12. transitive verb. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
13. transitive verb. To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
14. intransitive verb. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
15. noun. Booty; spoil.
16. noun. the act of delivering a blow with the foot

    "he gave the ball a powerful kick"

    "the team's kicking was excellent"

    Synonyms: kick, kicking

17. noun. a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
18. noun. footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
19. noun. British term for the luggage compartment in a car
20. noun. an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
21. noun. protective casing for something that resembles a leg
22. noun. the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"

    "what a boot!"

    Synonyms: bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill

23. verb. cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

    "boot your computer"

    Synonyms: reboot

24. verb. kick; give a boot to

Synonyms

kick, kicking, bang, charge, flush, rush, thrill, reboot

Common word forms

boots, booted, booter, bootes, bootful, booting, bootable, bootless

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