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To Boot

  1. To kick.
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
  3. (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.
  4. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  5. (informal) To eject; kick out.
  6. (often with up) To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap.
  7. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  8. (slang) To vomit.
  9. (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
Usage notes

The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick.

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