booting

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booting

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of boot

noun bootings

countable, uncountable A kicking, as with a booted foot.
countable, uncountable The act by which a computer is booted. […] you can save yourself a little bit of time on subsequent bootings by altering a setting in the motherboard BIOS.
countable, obsolete, uncountable Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. Thou, Linus, that louest still to be promoting, Because I sport, about King Henries marriage: Think' st this will proue a matter worth the carriage. But let it alone, Lynus, it is no booting.
Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable Homicide by gunfire. C4 run man through the alley Get a man down with the swammy Get a man down with the whammy Boot couple niggas on the road No face no case with the bally (booting)

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@misc{booting_2026,
  title = {booting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/booting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}