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booting one

booting one is the present participle and gerund of boot one.

Meaning of boot one

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

Questions about booting one

What is booting one the present participle and gerund of?
Booting one is the present participle and gerund of boot one.

Words near booting one in the dictionary

  1. bootikin
  2. bootikins
  3. bootilicious
  4. booting
  5. booting and rallying
  6. booting one
  7. booting out
  8. booting up
  9. booting upstairs
  10. bootings
  11. bootjack

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