# booting

Pronunciation: say "BOOT-ing" US /ˈbutɪŋ/, UK /ˈbuːtɪŋ/, AUS /ˈbʉːtɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process by which a computer starts up and loads the software it needs to operate.
   - Simple: The process of starting up a computer so it is ready to use.
   - _The booting completed without errors after the system update._
   - _Technicians monitored the booting closely during the diagnostic test._
3. The act of kicking something, especially a hard kick delivered with the foot.
   - Simple: The act of kicking something hard with the foot.
   - _The old gate took a fierce booting before it finally swung open._
   - _The players gave the loose ball a hearty booting toward the goal._
4. The killing of a person by gunfire. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English)*
   - Simple: The killing of a person by shooting them with a gun.
   - _Word spread quickly about the booting near the old warehouse._
   - _There's been three bootings in the ends since summer, and nobody's talking._

## Verb

2. Present participle of boot. — present participle and gerund of boot
   - Simple: Present participle of boot. Use this form for the action as it is happening now.
   - _The technician is booting the server after the upgrade._
   - _We were booting the systems one by one to find the fault._

## Noun

5. Advantage or profit, especially goods seized by plunder; loot. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Goods or riches taken by force, or any gain that someone wins.
   - _The victors loaded their ships with the booting seized from the coastal villages._
   - _Every man expected a fair share of the booting once the castle fell._

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