boots
Pluralbootses
Pluralbootses
- 1Plural of boot. Use this form when you mean more than one boot.
She pulled on her boots before walking out into the snow.
His muddy boots left prints across the kitchen floor.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of boot. Use this form with he, she, or it.
She boots up her laptop every morning before checking her email.
He boots the ball across the field whenever he gets the chance.
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- 3Used after a word to make it stronger, meaning very or extremely.
Like saying "really" or "so" to make a word stronger, but you put it at the end.
That dress looks gorgeous boots on you tonight.
I'm tired boots after working the whole day.
Similarvery, extremely, really, completely, highly
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- 5The ship in a group whose captain has the lowest rank or least experience.
Like the newest player on a team getting the least important job.
As the newest commander, his frigate was the boots of the squadron.
The boots usually drew the least glamorous patrol duties in the fleet.
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Less common meaning
- 6A hotel worker whose job was to clean and polish guests' shoes.
The boots at the inn polished every guest's shoes before dawn.
The old beggar ran up and down in his tattered toga, acting as both boots [translating Hausknecht] and waiter.
1962, JW Goethe, Italian JourneyHere, boots means a hotel or inn worker who cleans guests' shoes.Note
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boots is a form of boot
boot, noun: A strong shoe that covers your foot and ankle, sometimes higher. Also a sports shoe for football. Full entry
- Forms
- bootboots plural
- Spelling
- boot → boots: add -s
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