(OS grid ref NY1701) A small village in Eskdale parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England .

A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg, particularly worn in sports such as cricket and football.

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.

(usually preceded by definite article) 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.

(aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.

(US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.

(Australia, Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

(informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).

(Britain, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.

(slang, ethnic slur) A black person.

(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.

(baseball) A bobbled ball.

(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.

(slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.

(slang, motor racing) A tyre.

(US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

(uncountable) Profit, plunder.

(countable, uncountable) 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.

(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.

(informal) A bootleg recording.

(transitive) To kick.

To put boots on, especially for riding.

(colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.

(Can we verify(+) this sense?) To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).

(informal) To eject; kick out.

(often with up) To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap.

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

(slang) To vomit.

(MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.

(transitive or intransitive, impersonal) To be beneficial, to help.

(intransitive, impersonal) To matter; to be relevant.

(transitive, rare) To enrich.

(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.