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How to use boot in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Boot means a heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. Example: “He was useless so he got the boot.”

Examples of boot by meaning

nounOppression, an oppressor.

  • Jayakar was not only one of them but was at places the prime mover in the historic decisions taken by a nation struggling to get free of the British boot.1958, Filmindia
  • Never in its long history, and one rich with brutal inequities too, had Paris known the disgrace of seeing one section of its community prosper under the boot of an invader1989, Gilles Perrault, Pierre Azema, Paris Under the Occupation
  • Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the British boot, was about to culminate in a popular rising.2013 October 8, Stanley Weintraub, Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, Hachette UK, →ISBN

nounA torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.

  • The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221

nounThe luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

  • He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot and on to the flagstones.1998, Ruth Rendell, A Sight For Sore Eyes, published 2010, page 260
  • The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page
  • Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot of the BMW and slammed the boot lid down.2008, MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles, page 104

nounThe act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).

  • He was useless so he got the boot.

nounA recently arrived recruit; a rookie.

  • Did you even go to OCS, you complete and utter boot!?2020 November 2, JoshScorcher, “Top Ten Hated Characters We're Supposed to Like”, in YouTube

nounA soldier, especially a footsoldier.

  • We do not anticipate there will be US boots on the ground to help quell the violence.

nounA hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.

  • Tarzan removed his rifle from its boot and loosened his revolver in its holster.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company...

verbTo kick.

  • I booted the ball toward my teammate.
  • You nearly booted me in the face!
  • All this boots the long-promised polls well into 2018.2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist

More sentences with boot

  • In order to flash a custom ROM to a phone, the boot loader must be unlocked first.From the entry flash
  • We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.From the entry boot camp
  • His boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot.From the entry to boot
  • I am sorry for your husband and children, but I have to give you the boot.From the entry give someone the boot
  • It takes a couple of minutes for the computer to boot up.From the entry boot up
  • They believe they now have enough capital to boot up and stay alive until sales revenue begins.From the entry boot up
  • He mozzed me by yelling "chewie on ya boot" as I was about to kick the ball!From the entry mozz
  • Don't be that one guy who shows up to boot camp in his depper clothes.From the entry depper
  • All we could fish up in that lake was one old boot.From the entry fish up
  • The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.From the entry maul
  • At least nowadays we have a chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage to boot!From the entry a chicken in every pot
  • The boot pressed uncomfortably against his instep.From the entry instep
  • The home side were showing adventure, running from deep in their own half and booting a kickable penalty to touch.From the entry kickable
  • They said I couldn't do the job and gave me the boot. So, now I'm looking for work again.From the entry give someone the boot
  • When bale is hext, boot is next.From the entry hext
  • On platforms that support it, a devicetree blob will be passed by the firmware to the operating system upon boot.From the entry devicetree blob
  • Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.From the entry boofy
  • Some systems use a boot block of several physical sectors, while some use only one boot sector. Other manufacturers use the terms "boot block" and "boot sector" interchangeably.From the entry boot sector
  • How about the side-on volleyed crossfield pass with the outside of his right boot?2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian. From the entry crossfield
  • Mostly early nineties dance, it’s a collection Will’s picked up from boot sales and eBay.2022, James Goodhand, Man Down, Penguin Books, →ISBN. From the entry cringily
  • I hopped on one leg as it swung outward, carrying my boot.2019, Russ Linton, Plea Bargain. From the entry unstick
  • To do that, you’ve gotta give some things the boot—maybe even your boots.2016, Carson Kressley with Riann Smith, “Out with the Old … In with the Ooh!”, in Does This Book Make My Butt Look Big? A Cheeky Guide to…. From the entry homeworky
  • Hire a stall at a fair or sell your wares at a car boot sale.2014, Ben Isacat, How to Do Animal Rights, page 110. From the entry jumble
  • “The kind of domination I'm looking for isn't spankings or boot licking,” Maxwell went on.2014, Helena Shaw, Maxed Out: A New Adult Billionaire Romance, page 17. From the entry findom
  • She was right — both car and boot were firmly locked.2013, John A. Richardson, Grey Nomads, page 42. From the entry Meldrewesque
  • She’s a Romanova to boot, a descendant of the last tsar.2012, Armen Melikian, Journey to Virginland: Epistle I, Minneapolis, Minn.: Two Harbors Press, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry tsaricidal

Meaning of boot

  1. noun A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. noun A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
  3. noun A blow with the foot; a kick.

Full definition of boot

Questions about boot in a sentence

How do you use boot in a sentence?
Boot is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He was useless so he got the boot.”
What is a short sentence with boot?
“I booted the ball toward my teammate.”
What does boot mean?
Boot means a heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boot (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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