boot vs flush

boot

verb
  • To vomit. 

  • 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 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. 

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

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. 

flush

verb
  • To excite, inflame. 

  • To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water. 

  • To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. 

  • To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. 

  • To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush. 

  • To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid. 

  • To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet 

  • To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water. 

  • To flow and spread suddenly; to rush. 

  • To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents. 

  • To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass. 

  • To cause to blush. 

  • To cause to take flight from concealment. 

  • Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water. 

  • To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache. 

  • To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow. 

  • To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush. 

adv
  • Suddenly and completely. 

noun
  • The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache. 

  • A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. 

  • A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. 

  • A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. 

  • Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet. 

  • Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood. 

  • A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc. 

  • A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc. 

adj
  • Wealthy or well off. 

  • Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. 

  • Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright. 

  • Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. 

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