boot
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
Pronunciation
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bootIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbut
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
footwear
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
A form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
The act of delivering a blow with the foot
sports
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).
verb
transitive
To kick.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
Used this way, boot is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use boot
- “He accidentally left his hiking boot outside in the rain overnight.”noun
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