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BOOTS

Definition: BOOTS

BOOTS

Noun

1. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BOOTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: BOOTS

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

To see your boots on another, your place will be usurped in the affections of your sweetheart.
To wear new boots, you will be lucky in your dealings. Bread winners will command higher wages.
Old and torn boots, indicate sickness and snares before you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Boots Seven-leagued boots. The boots worn by the giant in the fairy tale, called The Seven-leagued Boots. These boots would stride over seven leagues at a pace.
I measure five feet ten inches without my boots. The allusion is to the chopine or high-heeled boot, worn at one time to increase the stature. Hamlet says of the lady actress, "You are nearer heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine." (ii. 2.)
Boots (an instrument of torture). They were made of four pieces of narrow board nailed together, of a competent length to fit the leg. The leg being placed therein, wedges were inserted till the sufferer confessed or fainted.
"All your empirics could never do the like cure upon the gout as the rack in England or your Scotch boots."- Marston: The Malcontent.
Boots The youngest bishop of the House of Lords, whose duty it is to read prayers; so called because he walks into the house in a dead man's shoes or boots, i.e. he was not in the house till some bishop there died, and left a vacancy.
Boots To go to bed in his boots. To be very tipsy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

BOOTS. The youngest officer in a regimental mess, whose duty it is to skink, that is, to stir the fire, snuff the candles, and ring the bell. See SKINK.--To ride in any one's old boots; to marry or keep his cast-off mistress. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Booting

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In computing, booting is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system.

Most computer systems can only execute code found in the memory (ROM or RAM); modern operating systems are mostly stored on hard disk drives. Just after a computer has been turned on, it doesn't have an operating system in memory. The computer's hardware alone cannot perform complicated actions of the operating system, such as loading a program from disk on its own; so a seemingly irresolvable paradox is created: to load the operating system into memory, one appears to need to have an operating system already installed.

The solution to the paradox involves using a special small program, called a bootstrap loader or boot loader. This program doesn't have the full functionality of an operating system, but is tailor-made specifically so that it is capable of loading enough other software for the operating system to start. Often, multiple-stage boot loaders are used, in which several small programs summon each other, until the last of them loads the operating system. The name bootstrap loader comes from the image of one pulling themselves up by one's bootstraps (see boot).

Early programmable computers had toggle switches on the front panel to allow the operator to place the bootloader into the program store before starting the CPU. This would then read the operating system in from an outside storage medium such as paper tape.

Pseudo-assembly code for the bootloader might be as simple as the following eight instructions:

0: set the P register to 8
1: check paper tape reader ready
2: if not ready, jump to 1
3: read a byte from paper tape reader to accumulator
4: if end of tape, jump to 8
5: store accumulator to address in P register
6: increment the P register
7: jump to 1

In modern computers the bootstrapping process begins with the CPU executing software contained in ROM at a predefined address (the CPU is programmed to execute this software after reset without outside help). This software contains rudimentary functionality to search for devices eligible to participate in booting, and load a small program from a special section of the most promising device. The small program is most often not itself an operating system, but only a second-stage boot loader, such as Lilo or Grub. It will then be able to load the operating system proper, and finally transfer execution to it. The system will initialize itself, and may load device drivers and other programs that are needed for the normal operation of the OS.

The boot process is considered complete when the computer is ready to answer queries from the outside. Typical modern PCs boot in about a minute (of which about 15 seconds are taken by the preliminary boot loaders, and the rest - by the one loading the operating system), while large servers may take several minutes to boot and to start all services; to ensure high availability, they bring up some services before others.

Most embedded systems must boot almost instantly -- for instance, waiting a minute for the television to come up is not acceptable. Therefore they have their whole operating system in ROM or flash memory, so it can be executed directly.

In computing, a boot sequence is the operations the computer performs when it is switched on, which load an operating system.

Boot sequence on standard PC (IBM-PC compatible)

Upon starting, a personal computer's CPU runs the instruction located at the memory register FFFF0h of the BIOS. This memory register location is at the end of system memory. It contains a jump instruction that moves execution to the location of the BIOS start-up program. This program runs a Power-On Self Test (POST) and initializes devices. Then, the BIOS goes through a preconfigured list of devices until it finds one that is bootable. If it finds no such device, an error is given and the boot process stops. If the BIOS finds a bootable device, it loads and executes its master boot record (MBR). In most cases, the MBR checks the partition table for an active partition. If one is found, the MBR loads the partition's boot sector and runs it. This boot sector is operating system specific, however in most operating systems its main function is to load and execute a kernel, which continues startup.

Some other procesor have another kind of boot modes, most DSP include :

Windows boot loader

In Windows XP the initializing file includes :

[boot loader]
timeout = 30
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional" /fastdetect

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Boots The Chemists

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Boots is the dominant British pharmacist chain, with outlets in most high streets throughout the country. In recent years they have diversified greatly from the traditional pharmacy, and offer one-hour photo-processing, and are opticians, as well as selling some home appliances in certain stores.


A branch of Boots in South London
Larger version

Boots were founded in Nottingham by John Boot in 1849. Their current logo is based on a design made by his son Jesse Boot in the 1870s. The chain was established during that time, and for the first time they became official dispensing chemists, stocking prescription medicines. By the onset of the First World War there were over five hundred Boots.

Boots have also diversified into research and manufacturing drugs also. They discovered ibuprofen, a painkiller.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Boots The Chemists."

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Synonym: BOOTS

Synonym: Shoe industry. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: BOOTS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clothing

Shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral; arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos; chavar, chivarras, chivarros; gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos; stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock; hosiery.

Continuance in action

Keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.

Cunning

Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard; Scotchman; Jew, Yankee; intriguer, intrigant; floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater.

Servant

Attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy; train bearer, cup bearer; waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper; khansamah, khansaman; khitmutgar; yardman.

Unimportance

Interjection: no matter! pish! tush! tut! pshaw! pugh! pooh,pooh-pooh! fudge! bosh! humbug! fiddlestick, fiddlestick end! fiddlededee! never mind! n'importe! what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for' stuff and nonsense, stuff! nonsense!

Velocity

Under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam; velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time; with rapid strides, with giant strides; a pas de geant; in seven league boots; whip and spur; ventre a terre; as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one; as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one;s speed; by leaps and bounds; with haste.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BOOTS

English words defined with "BOOTS": bikers, Boot catcher, Boot closer, Boot hook, boot maker, bootblack, bootboys, booted, boothose, bootjack, bootlace, bootmaker, Button hookCracowesFoot gear, FoxedGamasheshigh-top, high-topped, hip boot, hip boots, hobnail, hobnailedJack boots, jodhpur, jodhpur breechesLasterOchreatedPatent leatherriding breeches, rockersshoeblack, skinheads, Sole leatherthigh boot, thigh boots, Top-bootsUnbootwaders, Waxed end, Wellingtons. (references)
Specialty definitions using "BOOTS": ankle padBEATER CASES, BogoMips, boot boy, BOOT CATCHER, BOOTMAKER, HAND, Boots at an Inn, Butcher BootsDeath from Strange Causes, DRY BOOTS, DUTCHESSFINAL INSPECTOR, Freudian implicationsGEOLOGYhard bootJACK, JOCKEY VALETLABORER, BOOT AND SHOE, Leather or Prunella, limbmain directory, manager, tire service, Margutte, Misplaced RelativeNursery TalesOld Boots, ORTHOPEDIC-BOOT-AND-SHOE DESIGNER AND MAKERpacking inspector, Public-house Signs, Puss in BootsRed Boots, reinspector, root directorySHOEMAKER, CUSTOM, SKI-BINDING FITTER-AND-REPAIRER, SLY BOOTS, Snakes in his Boots, STRAP-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, sycophant, SynthroidTIRE-SERVICE SUPERVISOR, TNF alpha antigen converting enzyme, TOOL REPAIRER, TRANSLATORSwaders pair of waders, Wax-bond End. (references)

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Modern Usage: BOOTS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh this silly little black dress, these silly little boots and these silly liPanties (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

I need your clothes, boots and your motorcycle (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; writing credit: James Cameron and William Wisher Jr.)

I don't care if she's my cousin or not, I'm gonna knock those boots again tonight (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

Yeah, killer boots man (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin)

Or be crushed be crushed by his jolly boots of doom (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck)

Lyrics

Gator Boots, with the pimped out Gucci suit (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

We wore matador boots (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

She's got electric boots a mohair suit (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John)

I showed up in boots ("Friends in Low Places"; performing artist: Garth Brooks)

But uh uhh, don't you step on my cowboy boots. ("All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"; performing artist: Hank Williams Jr.)

Movie/TV Titles

Girl in Gold Boots (1969)

A Pair of Boots (1962)

Boots and Saddles (1957)

The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Song Titles

These Boots Are Made for Walkin' (performing artist: The Fixx)

Knockin' Da Boots (performing artist: H-Town)

These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (performing artist: Nancy Sinatra)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BOOTS

DomainTitle

References

  • Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Rocky Shoes & Boots Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The Boots Co. P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The World Market for Ice Skates, Roller Skates, and Skating Boots with Attached Skates: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: BOOTS

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Photo Album: BOOTS

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Dave Meyer in the "marsh boots" he designed to walk on the marsh platform. They worked. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Compared to old hard hat diver, Exo mask diver doesn't need lead boots. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Prince Sultan Air Base's Boot Hill Cemetery is the final resting-place of more than 200 pairs of boots and other 4404th Wing Fuels Management Flight memorabilia. Boot Hill cemetery moved with the 4404th Wing from Dhahran Air Base to PSAB after the Khobar.

Captain Homer N. Wallin (left), Salvage Officer, and Lieutenant Commander W. White, Commanding Officer of USS West Virginia, on board the ship while she was under salvage at Pearl Harbor in 1942. They are wearing the "tank" suit coveralls and knee-length rubber boots used by Pearl Harbor salvage team members when engaged in particularly dirty work. Credit: NAVY.

The good St. Ingersoll calling the banished snakes back to the national boots. Credit: Library of Congress.

Venetian refugees receiving boots from A.R.C., Rimini, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boots & shoes, Stuarts Limited, Leicester, Eng. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bishop who ate his boots. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. Johnson, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with part interest in cooperative well, putting on his boots, near Syracuse, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sewing uppers of boots together in bootmaking shop, Alpine, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: BOOTS
 

"Boots 01" by Jessica Poli
Commentary: "My favorite footwear."
"Boots on wires" by Dmitry N/a
Commentary: "Pair of combat boots on electrical wire."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: BOOTS

AuthorQuotation

James Watt

A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on.

Mikhail Bakunin

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

Tori Amos

I love being in a skirt and boots. It goes back to the librarian-principal look. I like the idea of carrying books around in a skirt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: BOOTS

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Even the little boots did not miss their share of favourable criticism

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

And I no more believe Topper was really blind than I believe he had eyes in his boots.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

At the same time he was horribly disconcerted, because he had a little dust on his boots.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

They had big voices and big boots and they studied trigonometry

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He wore army trousers and high laced boots.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BOOTS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Tuck pant legs into socks or boots and tuck shirt into pants. (references)

Outdoors in winter, they should wear scarves, warm socks and boots, and mittens or gloves under mittens because gloves alone allow heat to escape. (references)

Wearing boots during agricultural work can prevent infection through the feet and lower legs. In health care settings, using common blood and body fluid precautions can prevent transmission. (references)

Business

The U.K. chemist chain Boots holds the single largest share at 30 percent. (references)

Automotive lifts, analog engine tuners, and paint spray boots are major items made in Thailand. (references)

Boots manufacturers a wide range of nutritional supplements, which it retails in its 1,400 U.K. stores. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

The Defense Ministry has some restrictions on foreign purchases (small arms, clothing and boots, telecom equipment). (references)

Mexico

Some of the major brands currently being manufactured in the area include Hush Puppies, Florsheim, Ferragamo, Cole Haan, Ecco, Steve Madden, Rockport, Johnston & Murphy, Red Wing, Justin Boots, Stride Rite, etc. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Prisoners accused CIMO agents of beating them with sticks, fists, and boots. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor. As the lean leech, its victim found, is pleased To fix itself upon a part diseased Till, its black hide distended with bad blood, It drops to die of surfeit in the mud, So the base sycophant with joy descries His neighbor's weak spot and his mouth applies, Gorges and prospers like the leech, although, Unlike that reptile, he will not let go. Gelasma, if it paid you to devote Your talent to the service of a goat, Showing by forceful logic that its beard Is more than Aaron's fit to be revered; If to the task of honoring its smell Profit had prompted you, and love as well, The world would benefit at last by you And wealthy malefactors weep anew -- Your favor for a moment's space denied And to the nobler object turned aside. Is't not enough that thrifty millionaires Who loot in freight and spoliate in fares, Or, cursed with consciences that bid them fly To safer villainies of darker dye, Forswearing robbery and fain, instead, To steal (they call it "cornering") our bread May see you groveling their boots to lick And begging for the favor of a kick? Still must you follow to the bitter end Your sycophantic disposition's trend, And in your eagerness to please the rich Hunt hungry sinners to their final ditch? In Morgan's praise you smite the sounding wire, And sing hosannas to great Havemeyher! What's Satan done that him you should eschew? He too is reeking rich -- deducting you.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BOOTS

"BOOTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 84.45% of the time. "BOOTS" is used about 2,898 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)84.45%2,4473,669
Noun (proper)15.27%44313,068
Lexical Verb (-s form)0.28%8124,375
                    Total100.00%2,898N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BOOTS

The following table summarizes the usage of "BOOTS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BootsLast name1,00014,114
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: BOOTS

CountryNameCountryName
United Kingdom

The Boots Co. P.L.C.

USA

Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: BOOTS

Expressions using "BOOTS": ankle boots army regulations boots be in smb.'s boots black the boots Boots and saddles boots lace combat boots cowboy boots die in one's boots football boots get too big for one's boots go down in one's boots gum boots hang up one's boots Hessian boots high boots hiking boots hip boots his heart is in his boots hobnailed boots i'll eat my boots if it boots not Jack boots lace boots leather boots lick his boots lick one's boots lick smb.'s boots over shoes over boots polish boots puss in boots riding boots ski boots sly boots snow boots spiked boots surgical boots thigh boots top boots walking boots wellington boots what boots it what boots it?. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "BOOTS": ankle-boots, bossy-boots, knee-boots, sea-boots, suction-boots, top-boots.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BOOTS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

boots.com red wing

2

boots.com danner

2

boots.com redwing

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BOOTS

Language Translations for "BOOTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shërbyes që lustron këpucët. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏خادم في فندق, ‏الحامل للحقائب في الفندق. (various references)

   

Asturian

  

botes. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

слуга в хан. (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

botas. (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

botas. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

, 皮靴 (boot). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vysoké boty (top boots), kozačky. (various references)

   

Danish

  

støvler. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

laarzen. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

stivlar. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

saappaat jalassa (with boots on), saapaspari (pair of boots), jalkineet (boots and shoes, footwear). (various references)

   

French

  

bottes. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

learzens. (various references)

   

German

  

Stiefel (boondockers, boot, boot black), Kofferräume. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπότες. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להתחנף (carry favour, fawn, ingratiate oneself, lick his boots, toady). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

háziszolga. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

lars (boot, especially military boots). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stivali (riding boot). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

長靴 , ブースター局 (booster station, boot). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ブーツ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

부트 (boot). (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

cizmi. (various references)

   

Manx

  

guilley drid (bellboy, buttons, errand boy, fag, flunkey, footman). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ootsbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

botas. (various references)

   

Provencal

  

bòtas. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

valet (body servant, face card, footboy, footman, Jack, knave, valet). (various references)

   

Romany

  

bootòoshi. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

коридорный (bellboy, bellhop). (various references)

   

Samoan

  

seevae uumi. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sluga u hotelu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

botas. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stövlar. (various references)

   

Thai

  

รองเท้าบูทที่ใหญ่เทอะทะ (bovver boots). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

otel ayakkabı boyacısı. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

слуга (ally, attendant, awaiter, domestic, gyp, house-boy, man, menial, servant, varlet, vassal), коридорний (bell boy, call-boy), молодший офіцер (subaltern). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

giày ống cao cổ (hessian boots). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BOOTS

Derivations

Words beginning with "BOOTS": bootstrap, bootstrapped, bootstrapping, bootstraps. (additional references)

Words ending with "BOOTS": freeboots, gumboots, hardboots, jackboots, reboots, seaboots, slyboots. (additional references)


Misspellings

"BOOTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aboots, Bhootas, Biott, boites, Boops, boota, Boote, booti, Bootsen, Bootson, bootsy, boowt, borts, bost, Bostg, Botb, botbs, botos, botsa, botsi, botsy, Botts, Bouftas, boust, Boutos, broots, Buochs, eboot. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BOOTS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "BOOTS" (pronounced buw"ts)
3-uw" t scahoots, chutes, commutes, computes, coots, dilutes, disputes, flutes, fruits, hoots, lutes, moots, newts, pollutes, pursuits, recruits, refutes, roots, salutes, scoots, shoots, shutes, suits, toots.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: BOOTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: boost.

Words within the letters "b-o-o-s-t"

-1 letter: boos, boot, bots, oots, soot, stob.

-2 letters: boo, bos, bot, oot, sob, sot, too.

-3 letters: bo, os, so, to.

 Words containing the letters "b-o-o-s-t"
 

+1 letter: bhoots, boosts, booths, boston, oboist, robots, taboos.

 

+2 letters: bonitos, boosted, booster, bootees, booties, bostons, bottoms, boutons, bowpots, bowshot, oboists, postbox, postboy, potboys, reboots, seaboot, tomboys.

 

+3 letters: barstool, besmooth, besoothe, bigfoots, biotopes, biotrons, blowouts, bongoist, bonitoes, booklets, bookrest, boomiest, boomlets, boosters, boosting, bootlegs, bootless, booziest, botryose, bowknots, bowshots, boycotts, eobionts, footboys, gumboots, hotboxes, motorbus, obsolete, outboast, outboxes, postboys, potboils, robotics, robotism, rowboats, seaboots, showboat, slyboots, sorbitol, studbook, tarboosh, theorbos, tobaccos, tombolas, tombolos, towboats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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