# boot

> English word · Noun · IPA /buːt/ · frequency rank #5,192

## Definitions
1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
2. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
3. A blow with the foot; a kick.
4. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
5. Oppression, an oppressor.
6. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
7. A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
8. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
9. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
10. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
11. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
12. The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
13. An unattractive person, ugly woman.
14. A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
15. A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
16. A black person.
17. A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
18. A bobbled ball.
19. The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
20. A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
21. A tyre.
22. A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

## Etymology
From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.

## Easily confused with
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bt)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-but)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-box)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bro)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bow)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bot)
- **bop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bop)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bor)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-both)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-born)
- **boys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-boys)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-boss)
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bowl)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-butt)
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bros)
- **bout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bout)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bust)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-bore)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boot-vs-boyd)

## Common misspellings (4)
`bboot`, `boott`, `boto`, `obot`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boot