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Definition of Booting
1. n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
2. n. A kind of torture. See Boot,
Definition of Booting
1. Verb. (present participle of boot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Booting
1. boot [v] - See also: boot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Booting
Literary usage of Booting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"... of) »booting at я target or mark (practised ai a festive amusement in Germany);
.... booting ..."
2. The Little Book of Boston Parking Horrors by Michael Silverstein (2002)
"Ticketing and booting Parking meters were invented in Oklahoma City in 1935.
The idea came from a newspaperman, Carl Magee, who is also credited with ..."
3. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"The character of booting and its alternative absence, however, segregate out in
true Mendelian fashion when these hybrids are subsequently crossed together. ..."