(n): covering for a person's feet
(n): British term for the luggage compartment in a car
(n): compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
(n): the swift release of a store of affective force
(n): the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
(n): protective casing for something that resembles a leg
(n): the housing or outer covering of something
(n): an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
(n): an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person
(n): a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
(n): the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
(n): the act of delivering a blow with the foot
(n): a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
(v): kick; give a boot to
(v): strike with the foot
(v): cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
(v): cause to regain consciousness
to get the boot = to get the sack, be fired from employment
also means: to enrich; to benefit; to give in addition as in "what boots it?"