present participle of boot

A kicking, as with a booted foot. / (computing) The act by which a computer is booted. / (obsolete) Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. / (MLE, criminal slang) Homicide by gunfire.

plural of booting

Alternative form of bebooted

A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. / (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. / A blow with the foot; a kick.

To kick. / To put boots on, especially for riding. / (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.

(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends. / (uncountable) Profit, plunder.

(transitive, obsolete) To avail, benefit, profit. / (transitive, obsolete) To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.

(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.

(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.