kick boot kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot, he gave the ball a powerful kick, the team's kicking was excellent |
boot | a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed |
a mischief mischief-making mischievousness deviltry devilry devilment rascality roguery roguishness shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
sexual love lovemaking making love love love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
devising fashioning making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
car boot sale boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
winemaking wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
slave-making ant slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
boot | footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg |
boot | British term for the luggage compartment in a car |
boot the boot iron boot iron heel | an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg |
boot | protective casing for something that resembles a leg |
boot camp | camp for training military recruits |
buskin combat boot desert boot half boot top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
chukka chukka boot | a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets, often made of suede |
congress boot congress shoe congress gaiter | an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides |
cowboy boot | a boot with a high arch and fancy stitching, worn by American cowboys |
Hessian boot hessian jackboot Wellington Wellington boot | (th century) a man's high tasseled boot |
hip boot thigh boot | a very high boot, used especially for fishing |
jodhpur jodhpur boot jodhpur shoe | a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side |
making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
riding boot | a boot without laces that is worn for riding horses, part of a riding habit |
rubber boot gum boot | a high boot made of rubber |
ski boot | a stiff boot that is fastened to a ski with a ski binding |
qualification making | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something, her qualifications for the job are excellent, one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree, she has the makings of fine musician |
decision making deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
informing making known | a speech act that conveys information |
bang boot charge rush flush thrill kick | the swift release of a store of affective force, they got a great bang out of it, what a boot!, he got a quick rush from injecting heroin, he does it for kicks |
bootmaker boot maker | a maker of boots |
leak wetting making water passing water | a euphemism for urination, he had to take a leak |
photomechanics photoplate making | the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods, photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing |
boot reboot bring up | cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes, boot your computer |
boot | kick, give a boot to |
eject chuck out exclude turf out boot out turn out | put out or expel from a place, The unruly student was excluded from the game |
oust throw out drum out boot out kick out expel | remove from a position or office, The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds |
nonprofit non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
boot-shaped | shaped like a boot |
epochal epoch-making | highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era, epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill, an epoch-making discovery |
additionally to boot | in addition, by way of addition, furthermore, he serves additionally as the CEO |