New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: blot up · book up · soot up · bloat up · boot out · shoot up · beat up · belt up · bust up · butt up

boot

1 noun CLOTH footwearbuatais fem2 c m ubróg fem2 c m ufootball boots bróga peileriding boots buataisí marcaíochtaa pair of leather boots péire buataisí leathair 2 noun AUTO in carbúit masc4 c m u

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3 noun hard kickcic masc4 c m uspeach fem2 c m uhe gave the door a boot bhuail sé cic ar an doras 4 noun (US) AUTO wheel clampclampa masc4 c m u 5 verb informal kick TRANSITIVEciceáil verb c m uan bhróg a thabhairt dohe booted the ball over the bar chiceáil sé an liathróid thar an trasnán 6 verb make sb go TRANSITIVEcaith verb c m udíbir verb c m uhe got booted off the train cuireadh den traein éyou'll be booted into jail caithfear isteach sa phríosún thú 7 verb (also boot up) COMP start

TRANSITIVEbútáil verb c m uhe booted his laptop bhútáil sé a ríomhaire glúine

INTRANSITIVEbútáil verb c m uthe computer didn't boot níor bhútáil an ríomhaire

phrases

a boot up the backside

informal (also

a boot up the arse

vulgar) cic sa tóin

the boot's on the other foot

malairt scéil atá anois anntá athrach scéil anois ann

to get/be given the boot

informal bata agus bóthar a fháiltópar a fháil

to put/stick the boot in

informal 1 hit final blowhe really put the boot in when he called me a thief ba é buille maraithe na muice aige gadaí a thabhairt orm, chniog sé ar fad mé nuair a thug sé gadaí orm 2 kick repeatedlythey stuck the boot in when they got him down thug siad leathmharú air nuair a fuair siad leagtha é

to quake/shake in your boots

she was shaking in her boots bhí a croí ina béal, bhí eagla a craicinn uirthi, bhí an cac ar crith inti very informal

to boot

lena chois c m umar bharr ar an donasit's dear and ugly to boot tá sé daor agus gránna lena choisit's not just difficult but it's dangerous to boot ní hé amháin go bhfuil sé deacair ach mar bharr ar an donas tá sé dainséarach freisin

too big for your boots

informal mórchúiseach c m ushe's getting too big for her boots tá an iomarca éirí in airde fúithi, tá sí ag éirí ró-mhórchúiseach, tá an iomarca talaimh fúithi, mórtas tóin gan taca atá uirthi

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