booting

booting is the present participle and gerund of boot.

Noun

booting (countable and uncountable, plural bootings)

A kicking, as with a booted foot.
The act by which a computer is booted.
- […] you can save yourself a little bit of time on subsequent bootings by altering a setting in the motherboard BIOS.1999, Peter Norton, John M. Goodman, Peter Norton's Inside the PC, page 101
(obsolete) Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
- Thou, Linus, that louest still to be promoting,
  Because I sport, about King Henries marriage:
  Think' st this will proue a matter worth the carriage.
  But let it alone, Lynus, it is no booting.1618, John Harrington, The most elegant and witty epigrams of Sir Iohn Harrington […]
(Multicultural-London-English, slang) Homicide by gunfire.
- C4 run man through the alley
  Get a man down with the swammy
  Get a man down with the whammy
  Boot couple niggas on the road
  No face no case with the bally (booting)2015 November 1, “Dem Man Know”, C4 (814) (lyrics)
- Just got bail, three shootings
  I ain’t gotta call up Pacman
  To go up to country to do some bootings (bu-bu)
  Tryna aim for your head
  Pronounce man dead, pull up and suit him2019 May 16, “P4DP”, in Digga D (lyrics), Double Tap Diaries EP

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

(transitive) To kick.
- I booted the ball toward my teammate.
Synonyms:

hoof, kick
To put boots on, especially for riding.
- Coated and booted for it.1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
(Canada, US, colloquial, usually) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
- The storm is coming fast! Boot it!
(informal) To eject; kick out.
- We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.
(informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.2002, Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries, page 67
Synonyms:

kick
(slang) To vomit.
- Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.

plural	bootings

What does booting mean?: Booting means a kicking, as with a booted foot.
What is booting the present participle and gerund of?: Booting is the present participle and gerund of boot.
What part of speech is booting?: Booting is a noun.
What is the plural of booting?: The plural of booting is bootings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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