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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2026
Striker Dejan Joveljic slotted home his team-leading fifth goal of the year, booting in an 18th-minute mistake by the Sounders in front of their own goal.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
But coyotes have been steadily gaining territory, booting foxes out of any space wild enough for coyotes to live.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
Mission specialist Christina Koch noted an issue with booting up the part of Orion’s waste management system that collects urine.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
Eldridge expressed disdain for booting a routine grounder in the seventh, but rookie manager Tony Vitello came away impressed with the top prospect’s effort on defense.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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
Striker Dejan Joveljic slotted home his team-leading fifth goal of the year, booting in an 18th-minute mistake by the Sounders in front of their own goal.
—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
But coyotes have been steadily gaining territory, booting foxes out of any space wild enough for coyotes to live.
—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
Mission specialist Christina Koch noted an issue with booting up the part of Orion’s waste management system that collects urine.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
2 Apr. 2026
Eldridge expressed disdain for booting a routine grounder in the seventh, but rookie manager Tony Vitello came away impressed with the top prospect’s effort on defense.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booting
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My first few hours with the EM11 NL were marked by overshooting links, fumbling through simple selections, and occasionally wondering why anyone would voluntarily use a vertical mouse.
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Bennett is concerned, for instance, that Hong could win her primary and then be defeated in November by Republican Tom Tiffany, fumbling the governorship of a swing state into the hands of a far-right Freedom Caucus member who dabbled in 2020 election conspiracy theories.
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Technically, officials said, blowing past the deadline means Alameda County is no longer in exclusive negotiations with the Oakland Acquisition Company.
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But rather than cede ground to an outsider, the town's residents plant TNT in every single structure, blowing them up before Lassiter can get his hands on them.
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It’s been over three decades since Wood was convicted of murdering six young women and girls and burying their bodies near El Paso – crimes for which he was nicknamed the Desert Killer.
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Ciarre Campbell, brother of veteran NFL lineman Calais Campbell, has been charged with murdering their 71-year-old mother, Nateal, inside her Atlanta home.
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“Booting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booting. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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