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Boot can be a verb or a noun.

boot used as a verb:

  1. To kick.
    "I booted the ball toward my teammate."
  2. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  3. To forcibly eject.
    "We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible"
  4. To vomit.
    "Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch."
  5. To disconnect, to remove from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others.
  6. To profit, avail, benefit.
  7. To bootstrap; to start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
    "When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine."

Verbs are action words and state of being words. Examples of action words are: ran, attacking, dreamed. Examples of "state of being" words are: is, was, be. Learn more →

boot used as a noun:

  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
  3. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  4. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  5. A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  6. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft's wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A wing boot.
  7. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  8. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  9. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
    "Please put the luggage in the boot, not on the seats."
  10. The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
  11. Remedy, amends
  12. Profit, plunder.
  13. The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
    "It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed."
  14. A bootleg recording.

Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, Jamie), place (Germany, beach), thing (telephone, mirror), quality (hardness, courage), or an action (a run, a punch). Learn more →

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What type of word is boot?

As detailed above, 'boot' can be a verb or a noun. Here are some examples of its usage:
  1. Verb usage: I booted the ball toward my teammate.
  2. Verb usage: We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible
  3. Verb usage: Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
  4. Verb usage: When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.
  5. Noun usage: Please put the luggage in the boot, not on the seats.
  6. Noun usage: It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.

Unfortunately, with the current database that runs this site, I don't have data about which senses of boot are used most commonly. I've got ideas about how to fix this but will need to find a source of "sense" frequencies. Hopefully there's enough info above to help you understand the part of speech of boot, and guess at its most common usage.

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