BOOTING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

booting

verb

present participle of boot

as in fumbling

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question

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Recent Examples of booting The shortstop now has six errors in six consecutive games after booting a groundball in Thursday’s 5-1 loss to the Astros. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 The travelling supporters were perched behind the goal for a perfect view of the wonder strike, and Ballard made a beeline straight towards them, booting the advertising hoarding for good measure. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Predatory towing, which can include booting and towing at exorbitant prices, affects residents, small business owners and truck drivers across Charlotte. — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026 The affair was a lopsided route booting the Spanish out of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Erling Haaland did that for Norway, heading in the first goal, and then booting a blast past everyone for a goal. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 Balogun’s fancy footwork broke a scoreless deadlock 45 minutes into the action, booting a left-footed shot through the goalie’s outstretched legs. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Then in 2023, researchers discovered LogoFail, a series of critical vulnerabilities found UEFIs booting up just about every Windows and Linux system in the world. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026 For example, OpenAI lets users send its default model 10 messages every five hours before booting them to a weaker version. — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 4 June 2026

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The Packers’ offense left the field, but came back after it was ruled that Watson was down before fumbling.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Here was his senior running back, who scored a 44-yard touchdown in their state championship win months earlier, fumbling on the very first play of the Blue-White scrimmage.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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Its exterior is rich with symbolism, from stone carvings representing the all-seeing eye of God to a golden statue, atop the highest spire, of an angel blowing a trumpet to herald the Second Coming.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
There is a micronation on a fortress at sea off the coast of Great Britain, and the British government once considered blowing it up.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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Closing arguments took place in the Lindsay Clancy case Thursday, bringing an end to a weekslong trial in which jurors will now determine whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for murdering her three young children.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
Earlier this year, two Blythe Street members were convicted of murdering a senior member of their gang whom Romo had deemed a liability.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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