Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

booting

/bˈutɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: boot-ing
IPA: /bˈutɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of boot

noun

A kicking, as with a booted foot.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act by which a computer is booted.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Homicide by gunfire.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] you can save yourself a little bit of time on subsequent bootings by altering a setting in the motherboard BIOS."
"Thou, Linus, that louest still to be promoting, Because I sport, about King Henries marriage: Think' st this will proue a matter worth the carriage. But let it alone, Lynus, it is no booting."
"C4 run man through the alley Get a man down with the swammy Get a man down with the whammy Boot couple niggas on the road No face no case with the bally (booting)"
"Just got bail, three shootings I ain’t gotta call up Pacman To go up to country to do some bootings (bu-bu) Tryna aim for your head Pronounce man dead, pull up and suit him"

Usage

Inflected Forms

bootings (plural)

Derived Forms

multibooting nonbooting

Frequently Paired Words

chinging

Rhymes With

shooting computing recruiting rooting looting commuting polluting disputing saluting diluting refuting suiting

Questions

How do you pronounce booting?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈutɪŋ/.
What does booting mean?: present participle and gerund of boot

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