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Booting   Listen
noun
Booting  n.  
1.
A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.
2.
A kicking, as with a booted foot. (U. S.)





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"Booting" Quotes from Famous Books



... approached noiselessly through the forest. They carried bows and were clad in russet brown. Robin, in that brief glimpse, recognized two of Master Will's free-booting band. ...
— Robin Hood • Paul Creswick
... to this there is 'hard boot', which connotes hostility towards or frustration with the machine being booted: "I'll have to hard-boot this losing Sun." "I recommend booting it hard." One often hard-boots by performing ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... continually to those noble ancestors from whom it was derived; while Lanc, though he was equally well born, took the view of the common men upon every occasion, claiming that the interests of the many were superior to the privileges of the few. In a word, Crassus, if you could imagine a free-booting Gracchus on one side, and two piratical Patricians upon the other, you would understand the effect which my companions ...
— The Last Galley Impressions and Tales - Impressions and Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle


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