n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 15th century
1 : to put boots on
2 a : KICK b : to eject or discharge summarily ― often used with out <was boot ed out of office>
3 : to make an error on (a grounder in baseball) broadly : BOTCH
4 : to ride (a horse) in a race < boot ed home three winners>
5 [ 2 bootstrap ] a : to load (a program) into a computer from a disk b : to start or ready for use especially by booting a program < boot a computer> ― often used with up
intransitive verb
1 : to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk <the program boot s automatically>
2 : to become ready for use especially by booting a program <the computer boot s quickly> ― often used with up
– boot · able \ ' bü-t ə -b ə l \ adjective