booted

[ boo-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

equipped with or wearing boots. boot. boots.
Ornithology. (of the tarsus of certain birds) covered with a continuous horny, bootlike sheath.

booted

/ ˈbuːtɪd /

wearing boots
ornithol
1. (of birds) having an undivided tarsus covered with a horny sheath
2. (of poultry) having a feathered tarsus

Origin of booted¹

First recorded in 1545–55; boot ¹ + -ed ³

As the system booted up, Beck noticed that an abnormal number of terminals were active.

Their leader, Wayne LaPierre, even referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as "jack-booted thugs."

And what of those hundreds of thousands of Jews booted from Arab lands?

The group so extreme it got booted from al Qaeda controls huge swaths of territory.

Harry Hudson can pinpoint the exact minute he was booted out of the Garden of Eden.

No thick-booted undergraduates' holiday-parties nor furry art-students with knickers and bare throats here.

Once more booted we struggle on, uphill now, on a stony path, and very stiff work it is.

"I was just booted out, ten minutes ago," Parr informed him.

Bo Rayner's little, booted feet were tied together with one end of a lasso and the other end trailed off over the ground.

Some of these have been represented covered with mail armor and the foot and leg booted and spurred.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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