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bootlip

bootlip noun: the lip at the top end of the shaft of a boot.

Noun

bootlip (plural bootlips)

  1. The lip at the top end of the shaft of a boot.
    • He watched them back down the drive, same as the morning before. He waited a half hour, folded the knife and stuck it to his sock pulled high above the bootlip.2008 December 30, Brad Land, Pilgrims Upon the Earth: A Novel, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC
  2. (derogatory) A large lip, especially of a black person.
    • Nigger, I can hear your bootlips blubbering. Now calm down, they'll lose
      their elasticity and won't snap back into shape after you gorge yourself on
      chicken wings!1998 November 21, Bull Connor, “Maintaining the Legacy of His "Race"”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet)
    • When a dumb nigger like you flaps his bootlips over and over and over for 2
      months, and keeps saying he's sincere, and he has "partners" and he's going
      to Apelanta and Akron, etc., who knows what might happen.2003 August 7, Work Work Work, “Zambia deports Asian for "hate email"”, in alt.culture.zambia (Usenet)
  3. (derogatory, ethnic, slur) A black person.
    • Sounds of agreement could be heard coming form our other teammates, indicating to me that Angie's husband was indeed significantly more racist than the rest of them. I took that to mean that he mus have been a part of some type of organized hate group, like the Klan, or the skinheads.
      “He can't...2016 February 29, Leroy Wilson, Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’S Journey Across the Mason-Dixon Line, iUniverse, →ISBN
    • The vile, savage bootlips don't give a shit about each other. They
      never have.2020 August 7, DFS, “OT: Where is BLM”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet)

Forms of bootlip

pluralbootlips
alternative formboot lip

Origin of bootlip

From boot + lip.

Words formed from bootlip

Questions about bootlip

What does bootlip mean?
Bootlip means the lip at the top end of the shaft of a boot.
What part of speech is bootlip?
Bootlip is a noun.
What is the plural of bootlip?
The plural of bootlip is bootlips.

Words near bootlip in the dictionary

  1. bootlicks
  2. bootlicky
  3. bootlid
  4. bootlids
  5. bootlike
  6. bootlip
  7. bootlipped
  8. bootlips
  9. bootload
  10. bootloader
  11. bootloaders

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