Boot vs Bout - What's the difference?
boot | bout |
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
A blow with the foot; a kick.
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
* 1998 , , A Sight For Sore Eyes , 2010,
* 2003 , Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide ,
* 2008 , MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles ,
(computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
(British, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
To kick.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
* Ben Jonson
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
(informal) To forcibly eject.
(slang) To vomit.
(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
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* 2003 , John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! -
* 2002 , Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified -
(dated) remedy, amends
* Sir Walter Scott
* Wordsworth
(uncountable) profit, plunder
(obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
* Shakespeare
to profit, avail, benefit
* Hooker
* Byron
* Southey
To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
* Shakespeare
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant
(boxing) A boxing match.
(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
(roller derby) A roller derby match.
A fighting competition.
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
(dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
* 1809 , A Letter to Sir John Sinclair [...] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq.'', published in ''The Farmer's Magazine , page 395:
* 1922 , An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor'', published in ''The Commercial Motor , volume 34, published by Temple Press, page 32:
* 1976 , Claude Culpin, Farm Machinery , page 60:
(colloquial) about
English contractions
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As nouns the difference between boot and bout
is that boot is boat while bout is a period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.As a verb bout is
to contest a bout.As a preposition bout is
(colloquial) about.boot
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) boote, .Noun
(wikipedia boot) (en noun)page 260,
- He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that ' boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
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- The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
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- 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.
Synonyms
* (shoe) buskin, mukluk * (blow with foot) kick * (car storage) trunk (US) * (parking enforcement device) wheel clamp * fired, laid offDerived terms
* bet one's boots * boot camp * boot cut * Boot Hill * bootless * bootstrap * car boot, car boot sale, boot sale * chewie on ya boot * Denver boot, aka wheel clamp * get the boot * give the boot * horse boot * army boot * Australian boot * Chelsea boot * chukka boot * combat boot * cowboy boot * football boot * go-go boot * gum boot, gumboot * Hessian boot * hiking boot * hip boot * hobnail boot * jackboot * Jesus boots * jump boot, paratrooper boot * jungle boot * knee high boot * kinky boot * Malay boot * motorcycle boot * riding boot * rigger boot * shake in one's boots * shoot the boots * ski boot * snowboard boot * Spanish boot * steel-toe boot * tabi boot * tanker boot * the boot is on the other foot * thigh boot * thigh-high boot * ugg boot, ug boot * walking boot (aka ankle walker) * Wellington boots * work bootVerb
(en verb)- I booted the ball toward my teammate.
- Coated and booted for it.
- We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible
- Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
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- As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.
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- Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted .
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- In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted .
Usage notes
The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick .Synonyms
* (kick) hoof, kick * (disconnect from online conversation) kickDerived terms
* boot up * boot up the backside, boot up the bumEtymology 2
From (etyl) boote, bote, bot, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* boteNoun
- Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.
- next her Son, our soul's best boot
- I'll give you boot , I'll give you three for one.
- Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot .
Derived terms
* to bootVerb
(en verb)- What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
- What subdued / To change like this a mind so far imbued / With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
- What boots to us your victories?
- And I will boot thee with what gift beside / Thy modesty can beg.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "boot")Etymology 3
Shortening of (bootstrap).Noun
(en noun)- It took three boot s, but I finally got the application installed.
Derived terms
* boot disk * boot loader * boot sector * cold boot * dual boot * hot boot * warm bootVerb
(en verb)- When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.
Derived terms
* rebootEtymology 4
From , by shorteningAnagrams
* * English terms with multiple etymologies ----bout
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bught, probably from an unrecorded (etyl) variant of . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bout?s=t See bight, bought.Noun
(en noun)- a bout of drought .
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- The outside bout' of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade [...] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each ' bout .
- It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.
- The last two rounds must be ploughed shallower, and on the last bout the strip left should be one furrow width for a two-furrow plough, two for a three-furrow, and so on. [...]
Etymology 2
Written form of a of "about".Preposition
(English prepositions)- they're talking bout you!
- Maddy is bout to get beat up!