boot 1 |boōt|
verb [ trans. ]
1 [usu. as adj. ] ( booted) place boots on (oneself, another person, or an animal) : thin, booted legs.
2 [ trans. ] kick (something) hard in a specified direction : he ended up booting the ball into the stands.
• (in an athletic contest) misplay (a ball); mishandle (a play) : the usually dependable infielder booted the ball.
• ( boot someone off) force someone to leave a vehicle unceremoniously : the driver booted two teenagers off the bus.
• ( boot someone out) informal force someone to leave a place, institution, or job unceremoniously : she had been booted out of school.
3 start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation : the menu will be ready as soon as you boot up your computer | [ intrans. ] the system won't boot from the original drive. [ORIGIN: from sense 2 of bootstrap . ]
4 place a Denver boot on (an illegally parked car).
re-boot |rēˈboōt|
verb [ trans. ]
boot (a computer system) again.
• [ intrans. ] (of a computer system) be booted again.
noun
an act or instance of booting a computer system again.
1. Computer Reboot Issue
2. Rebooting A Narrative
3. Music Delivery System Reboot
4. Destructive Reboot
5. Priority Reboot Needed
6. Reboot Requested
7. Request Granted?
...and while you're at it, how about revoking the NFL's tax exempt status?
8. Educational Reboot
9. Familiar Reboot
10. Reboot? Aboot? Close enough!
11. Recreational Reboot
12. Nomenclature Reboot and Pollute
13. Boot them out in November.
14. Rebooting The New Colossus
Somewhere, Emma Lazarus is crying.
15. Sunday Funnies Rebooted
You may recall that last week's Sunday Funnies word was escapism.
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