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jackboot

Syllables: jack·boot/ˈd͡ʒækbuːt/

jackboot noun: a glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.

Noun

jackboot (plural jackboots)

  1. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
    • On a huge tomb-like table in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker’s ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherley comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat; […]1829, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter V, in Devereux. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
    • There was a wonderful variety of costume to be seen and studied among the persons around me, […] other soldiers in helmets and jackboots; French officers of various uniform; monks and priests; attendants, in old-fashioned and gorgeous livery; […] so that, in any other country, the scene might have...1858 February 19 (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, “February 19th [1858]”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume I, London: Strahan & Co., […]...
  2. (broadly, informal) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.
    • That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years.

Verb

jackboot (third-person singular simple present jackboots, present participle jackbooting, simple past and past participle jackbooted)

  1. (transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.
    • The two porters leapt into action, steamed up to the front of the room and started jackbooting the burning paper.2000, Geoff Nicholson, Bedlam Burning
  2. (intransitive) To march in jackboots.
    • All his childhood they had stormed through the cinema newsreels, jackbooting triumphantly through Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Paris. Now they would jackboot through Garmouth. Followed by the Gestapo.1990, Robert Westall, The Machine Gunners, page 152

jackboot meaning in Urdu

jackboot in Urdu

فوجی جوتا

Forms of jackboot

Noun
pluraljackboots
alternative formjack-boot
alternative formjack boot
Verb
third-person singular presentjackboots
present participlejackbooting
past participlejackbooted
pastjackbooted

Origin of jackboot

From Old French jaque (“coat of mail”).

Words formed from jackboot

Questions about jackboot

What does jackboot mean?
Jackboot means a glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
What is jackboot in Urdu?
Jackboot in Urdu is فوجی جوتا. See Jackboot meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is jackboot?
Jackboot can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce jackboot?
Jackboot is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒækbuːt/.
What is the plural of jackboot?
The plural of jackboot is jackboots.

Words near jackboot in the dictionary

  1. jackassy
  2. jackbean
  3. jackbeans
  4. jackbird
  5. jackbirds
  6. jackboot
  7. jackbooted
  8. jackbooting
  9. jackboots
  10. jackbox
  11. jackboxes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jackboot (page history and authors); jackboot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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