Reverse Dictionary: BOOT

(also see shoe) 

ADJECTIVES
1905 ► UNGAIN ill-fitting; said of boots, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)


NOUNS
1367 ► HARLOT a kind of pointed boot or shoe worn in the 14th century → obs.
1654 ► VAMP the part of a boot or shoe covering the front of the foot 
L18.. ► CRAB-SHELLS boots, shoes → sl.
L18.. ► UNDERSTANDINGS boots, shoes → sl.
19C.. ► BAKERS large or clumsy boots or shoes → sl.
19C.. ► JACK a jack-boot → sl.
19C.. ► PADDERS boots, shoes → sl.
E19.. ► HIGH-LOWS laced boots that reach the ankles 
1825 ► CLUMPER a clumsy boot or shoe → sl.
1848 ► MUD-PIPES gumboots; thick boots for use in muddy conditions
1855 ► DAISY RECRUITS boots → rhyming sl.
1857 ► TAPPING the soling or heeling of boots and shoes → Eng. & Amer. dial.
M19. ► BATS a pair of bad boots → sl.
M19. ► CLUMPER a heavy-soled walking boot → sl.
M19. ► DAISY-TRIMMERS boots → sl.
M19. ► KING CANUTES boots → rhyming sl.
M19. ► RECROOTS → RECRUITS boots → rhyming sl.
1859 ► BEATERS boots → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1859 ► BEES-WAXERS thick laced boots used at Winchester School for playing football → sl.
1859 
► DAISIES → DAISYS boots → Brit. rhyming sl.
1859 ► DAISY ROOTS boots → Brit. rhyming sl.
1860 ► BEETLE-CRUSHER a boot, esp. a large or heavy one → sl.
1860 ► BEETLE-SQUASHER a boot, esp. a large or heavy one → sl.
1863 ► BAT a heavy laced boot, with hobnails → Eng. dial.
1870 ► GUNBOATS a pair of boots → US Civil War usage
1882 ► SKITTY-BOOTS low boots laced in front → Eng. dial.
1885 ► SCRAPPITY the creaking of the soles of boots → Eng. dial.
1886 ► GALLIES a pair of boots; shoes → UK tramps’ sl.
1897 ► TACKET-BOOT a hobnailed boot → Sc.
1898 ► CACK → KACK a child’s boot or shoe below a certain size → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► KACK-MAKING making children’s boots and shoes → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► STOMPERS heavy boots → US sl.
L19.. ► CELLARS shoes; boots → sl.
L19.. ► LARSTINGS → LARSTINS elastic-sided boots → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► DANCER CASES boots, shoes, slippers → Brit. sl.
E20.. ► BOOTERY a shop selling boots and shoes → US
1900 ► DEW-BEATER a large and clumsy boot or shoe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DEW-SPREADER a large and clumsy boot or shoe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DEW-WIPER a large and clumsy boot or shoe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► GWEEK-GWAK the noise or squeak of boots → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► JEMIMA an elastic-sided boot → colloq.
1902 ► TANS tan boots or shoes 
1903 ► CLOMPER a heavy boot → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BOOTIKIN a small boot → Sc. (Bk.)
1920 ► BURDETTS boots → rhyming sl. for ‘Burdett Coutts’ the bankers
1924 ► CODHEADS knee-length leather boots → Amer. dial., Cape Cod usage
1924 ► LONGLEGGER a hip-length gumboot → Amer. dial.
1937 ► LAUGHING-SIDES elastic-sided boots → Aust. sl.
1942 ► KICKER a boot or shoe, esp. one with a sharp toe → Amer. sl.
1945 ► WADERS boots, shoes → US sl.
1950 ► JOE GARDINERS boots → Aust. sl.
1961 ► WELLIE → WELLY a wellington boot → Brit. sl.
1961 ► WELLY-BOOT a wellington boot → Brit. sl.
1966 ► SHIT-KICKER a man’s boot, esp. one with a sharp toe; a cowboy boot → Amer. dial.
1968 ► TOAD-STABBER a sharp-pointed boot or shoe → Amer. dial.
1969 ► BOVVER BOOT a heavy-duty boot used as a kicking weapon, stereotypically worn by a skinhead → UK sl.
1970 ► ALLIGATOR BOOT a railwayman’s work-boot damaged by diesel oil so that the uppers have parted from the sides → UK sl.
1970 ► HO BOOTS ostentatiously sexy, high, tight, high-heeled woman’s boots → African-American sl.
1971 ► WAFFLE STOMPER a usually heavy boot or shoe with a corrugated sole; a shoe or boot with thick treads → Amer. dial.
1990 ► UGG BOOTS sheepskin boots or slippers → sl.
1990 ► UGGIES sheepskin boots or slippers → sl.
1993 ► DMs Doctor Marten’s, a brand of boot → Brit. sl.
1994 ► SHIT-STOMPER a man’s boot, esp. one with a sharp toe; a cowboy boot → Amer. dial.
1995 ► POLECLIMBERS heavy work boots with steel-reinforced toes and arches → US sl.
2006 ► FUCK-ME BOOTS knee-high women’s boots that signal that the wearer is willing to copulate → US sl. (Bk.)


NOUNS, PERSON
L19.. ► SOLE-SLOGGER a bootmaker → sl.
1927 ► BOOTMAN a dealer in boots and shoes 


VERBS
1712 ► JAPAN to black one’s boots → sl.
1837 ► JAPAN ONE’S TROTTER-CASES to black one’s boots → sl.
1905 ► MAKE to put the soles on boots or shoes  Eng. dial. (Bk.)