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Plural of bootstrap

regular plural

The plural of bootstrap is bootstraps.

Forms of bootstrap

Singularbootstrap /ˈbuːtˌstɹæp/
Pluralbootstraps
Countablecountable

Bootstraps in a sentence

  • She doesn't remember it; she bootstraps it from first principles, in a handful of minutes, just like she's done a hundred times before.2016 January 1, qntm, “Your Last First Day”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2024
  • We can't get a loan, so we'll just have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.From the entry pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

Meaning of bootstrap

  1. noun A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
  2. noun A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
  3. noun The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.

Full definition of bootstrap

Questions about the plural of bootstrap

What is the plural of bootstrap?
The plural of bootstrap is bootstraps.
Is bootstrap countable?
Bootstrap is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bootstrap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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