"boot one" meaning in English

See boot one in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: boots one [present, singular, third-person], booting one [participle, present], booted one [participle, past], booted one [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} boot one (third-person singular simple present boots one, present participle booting one, simple past and past participle booted one)
  1. (baseball, slang) To make a mistake. Tags: slang

Inflected forms

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