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boot one

boot one verb: to make a mistake.

Verb

boot one (third-person singular simple present boots one, present participle booting one, simple past and past participle booted one)

  1. (slang) To make a mistake.
    • […] to jeer at him when he booted one or fanned with a crucial run on base.1998, Eliot Asinof, Man on Spikes, page 68
    • […] he played short with sweet ease, and looked good even when he booted one, […]2002, Brooke Horvath, Tim Wiles, Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems, page 92

Forms of boot one

third-person singular presentboots one
present participlebooting one
past participlebooted one
pastbooted one

Questions about boot one

What does boot one mean?
Boot one means to make a mistake.
What part of speech is boot one?
Boot one is a verb.
What is the past tense of boot one?
The past tense of boot one is booted one.

Words near boot one in the dictionary

  1. boot loop
  2. boot loops
  3. boot manager
  4. boot managers
  5. boot money
  6. boot one
  7. boot out
  8. boot room
  9. boot rooms
  10. boot sale
  11. boot sales

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