(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
Here we see boot used in the construction "boot about" to mean "move around generally". A friend of mine uses this construction, as well as more specific ones like "boot over to" and "boot round to" (a given place). E.g.
"Hello? Yarb, mate, I'll be five minutes. I've just got to boot over to the cash machine."
Onthophagus taurus lives naturally in southern Europe and the Middle East, but it has booted about a bit and is now found in many other places too.
- Economist article, 28-8-2008
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?"