# boots

Pronunciation: say "BOOTS" /buːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of boot. — plural of boot
   - Simple: Plural of boot. Use this form when you mean more than one boot.
   - _The hikers laced their boots tight for the long climb ahead._
   - _A row of muddy boots stood drying by the back door._
4. A condom, worn during sex to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection. *(slang, Jamaica)*
   - Simple: A thin rubber cover worn during sex to stop pregnancy or disease.
   - _By the time they reached the hotel, he realized he'd forgotten to bring boots._
   - _She kept a small stash of boots in the bedside drawer._
5. The ship in a fleet whose captain is the most junior. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: The ship in a group whose captain has the lowest rank or least experience.
   - _Being the boots, his vessel anchored last and sailed at the rear of the formation._
   - _The admiral handed the dullest escort runs to the boots of his squadron._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of boot. — third-person singular simple present indicative of boot
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of boot. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The technician boots the server remotely whenever it freezes overnight._
   - _The bouncer boots anyone who starts a fight straight out the door._

## Adverb

3. Placed after an adjective as an intensifier, meaning to an extreme or exceptional degree.
   - Simple: Used after a word to make it stronger, meaning very or extremely.
   - _Her runway walk was fierce boots, and the crowd went wild._
   - _The whole set was flawless boots from the first number to the last._

## Noun

6. A servant at a hotel or inn who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes of guests. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A hotel worker whose job was to clean and polish guests' shoes.
   - _Travelers handed their footwear to the boots each evening at the coaching inn._
   - _The boots rose before sunrise to black every pair left outside the doors._

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