Dr. Jayakar was not only one of them but was at places the prime mover in the historic decisions taken by a nation struggling to get free of the British boot.
1989, Gilles Perrault, Pierre Azema, Paris Under the Occupation:
Never in its long history, and one rich with brutal inequities too, had Paris known the disgrace of seeing one section of its community prosper under the boot of an invader
2013 October 8, Stanley Weintraub, Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the British boot, was about to culminate in a popular rising.
(usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221:
The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 23:
[T]he young man helped the young lady, half-swooning, inside, and Egbert, Murial Jane and Silvander Dan climbed on to the boot which was a handsome high-seat at the back.
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page:
The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
2008, MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles, page 104:
Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot of the BMW and slammed the boot lid down.
(informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
They drew in their horses and dismounted. The others riding ahead were already out of sight in the darkness. Beyond them shone the lights of Bou Saada. Tarzan removed his rifle from its boot and loosened his revolver in its holster.
Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("boots") on to his transceiver ("ears") […]
The one certainty is that the redrafting will delay by several months the general election that was supposed to be held at the end of this year. Mr Prayuth has implied that elections cannot now be held until after King Vajiralongkorn's coronation, which itself cannot take place until after his father's elaborate cremation, scheduled for October. All this boots the long-promised polls well into 2018.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter[3]:
Coated and booted for it.
(colloquial,Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
The storm is coming fast! Boot it!
We had to boot it all the way there to get to our flight on time.
2015 November 1, “Dem Man Know”, C4 (814) (lyrics):
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)
Usage notes
The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick.
(countable,uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
2008, Jeffrey H. Rattiner, Financial Planning Answer Book 2009, pages 6–43:
If mortgaged property is transferred, the amount of the mortgage is part of the boot. If both parties to the transaction transfer mortgages to each other, the party giving up the larger debt treats the excess as taxable boot.
2021, Eli Amir, Marco Ghitti, Financial Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions, page 117:
If the target retains the boot and uses it for, say, paying its debt, there is taxation on the boot.
It bootes me not to threat, I must ſpeake faire, / The legate of the Pope will be obeyd: […]
1678Richard Hooker, “A Sermon found in the study of Bishop Andrews” in Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln, London: Richard Marriot, p. 262,[4]
What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
What could be wanting in my father but to have wrote a book to publiſh this notion of his to the world? Little boots it to the ſubtle ſpeculatiſt to ſtand ſingle in his opinions,—unleſs he gives them proper proper vent: […]
1794, Robert Southey, Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts, London: J[ohn] M‘Creery,[…] for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones,[…], published 1817, →OCLC, Act II, page 44:
Think you that we should quarrel with the French? / What boots to us your victories, your glory? / We pay, we fight, you profit at your ease.
De vissers gebruikten hun kleine bootjes om de zee op te gaan.
The fishermen used their small boats to go out to sea.
Het eiland is alleen bereikbaar per boot of per helikopter.
The island is only accessible by boat or helicopter.
Usage notes
The original gender dating from Middle Dutch is masculine, still preserved in southern regiolects. In the 17th century, boot was predominantly considered neuter in northern Dutch (possibly influenced by het schip), and in the 18th century the feminine gender was generalised in written language.
An obsolete plural is boots.
(computing)boot(the act or process of bootstrapping)
2008, Sistemas Operacionais com Java, Sistemas Operacionais com Java, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 311:
As informações de boot podem ser armazenadas em uma partição separada. Mais uma vez, ela tem seu próprio formato, pois, no momento do boot, o sistema ainda não carregou drivers de dispositivo do sistema de arquivos e, por isso, não pode interpretar o formato do sistema de arquivos.
Yap State Department of Education (2025), Yaar Yaelwich Dekseneeri Irel Yal'ool Yiuldiy [Children's Picture Dictionary In Ulithian][6] (in Ulithian and English), 1st edition, Auckland, New Zealand: Ultimo Global, page 8
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