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 |
carpet bombing
area bombing
saturation bombing | an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target |
car boot sale
boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car |
carpet shark
Orectolobus barbatus | shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin |
carpet snake
Python variegatus
Morelia spilotes variegatus | Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back |
carpet beetle
carpet bug | small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics |
buffalo carpet beetle
Anthrenus scrophulariae | a small black and red and white carpet beetle |
| black carpet beetle | a carpet beetle that is solid black in color |
carpet moth
tapestry moth
Trichophaga tapetzella | larvae feed on carpets and other woolens |
| 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 |
| Brussels carpet | a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
carpet beater
rug beater | implement for beating dust out of carpets |
| carpet loom | a loom for weaving carpeting |
carpet pad
rug pad
underlay
underlayment | a pad placed under a carpet |
carpet sweeper
sweeper | a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet |
| carpet tack | used to nail down carpets |
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 |
| flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go |
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 |
| red carpet | a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on |
| 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 |
rug
carpet
carpeting | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) |
| ski boot | a stiff boot that is fastened to a ski with a ski binding |
slipper
carpet slipper | low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily, usually worn indoors |
Wilton
Wilton carpet | a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile |
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 |
| carpet | a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet, a carpet of flowers, the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet |
bootmaker
boot maker | a maker of boots |
| carpet knight | a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle) |
smut grass
blackseed
carpet grass
Sporobolus poiretii | grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus |
Manila grass
Japanese carpet grass
Zoysia matrella | lawn grass common in the Philippines, grown also in United States |
water carpet
water mat
Chrysosplenium americanum | aquatic herb with yellowish flowers, central and western United States |
boot
reboot
bring up | cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes, boot your computer |
call on the carpet
take to task
rebuke
rag
trounce
reproof
lecture
reprimand jaw dress down
call down
scold
chide
berate
bawl out
remonstrate chew out
chew up
have words
lambaste
lambast
dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
| carpet bomb | bomb a large area systematically and extensively, The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam |
| carpet | cover with a carpet, carpet the floors of the house |
| carpet | cover completely, as if with a carpet, flowers carpeted the meadows |
| 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 |