boot vs bounce

boot

verb
  • To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual. 

  • To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc. 

  • To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. 

  • To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering). 

  • To vomit. 

  • To eject; kick out. 

  • To kick. 

  • To shoot, to kill by gunfire. 

  • To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap. 

  • To put boots on, especially for riding. 

noun
  • A tyre. 

  • A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot. 

  • The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post). 

  • The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant. 

  • A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. 

  • A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. 

  • The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. 

  • That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense. 

  • An unattractive person, ugly woman. 

  • The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car. 

  • Profit, plunder. 

  • A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle. 

  • A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. 

  • A recently arrived recruit; a rookie. 

  • A linear amplifier used with CB radio. 

  • A bootleg recording. 

  • A bobbled ball. 

  • A blow with the foot; a kick. 

  • A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. 

  • A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot. 

  • A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. 

  • A black person. 

bounce

verb
  • To move rapidly (between). 

  • (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse. 

  • To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added. 

  • To leave. 

  • To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly. 

  • To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account). 

  • To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound. 

  • To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results. 

  • To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. 

  • To attack unexpectedly. 

  • To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum. 

  • To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds. 

  • To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly. 

  • To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback. 

  • To return undelivered. 

  • To turn power off and back on; to reset. 

noun
  • A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants. 

  • Drugs. 

  • Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish. 

  • An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure. 

  • The sack, dismissal. 

  • Swagger. 

  • A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. 

  • A bang, boom. 

  • A talent for leaping. 

  • A good beat in music. 

  • A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. 

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