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 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 Freeman, Betts and Rojas were booting baseballs during the workout day, but played a clean four games in that building en route to a title. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 June 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 Upon booting the game up, a swift run of horns plays the main theme, a magnificent game-spanning refrain which appears during the mightiest moments, from title screen to credits. — Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booting
  1. fumbling
  2. blowing
  3. murdering
Verb
  • Most of the world was fumbling and scared, and Fauci seemed to have some idea of what to do.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Achane, the Miami Dolphins’ starting tailback, was referring to Ollie Gordon II fumbling the ball away in Wednesday practice, the team’s first of training camp.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of fumbling
Verb
  • City leaders have accused Lineage, whose warehouse in Boyle Heights was destroyed by fire, of blowing past the city’s 45-day deadline for removing millions of pounds of rotting food from its property.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Inequality has accelerated at an ever-growing pace, blowing past that of any previous eras, including the Gilded Age.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of blowing
Verb
  • After the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s conviction for murdering his wife and son earlier this year -- citing jury tampering by the court clerk in the case -- Judge Debra McCaslin scheduled his retrial for April 5, 2027.
    — Janice McDonald, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • He is separately charged in New York state court with murdering Thompson and other counts.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of murdering

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“Booting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booting. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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