"booting" meaning in English

See booting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-booting.wav Forms: bootings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} booting (countable and uncountable, plural bootings)
  1. A kicking, as with a booted foot. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-booting-en-noun-23fGeAns
  2. (computing) The act by which a computer is booted. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-booting-en-noun-9FqpSzX~ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (obsolete) Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-booting-en-noun-YRfT4w~l
  4. (MLE, criminal slang) Homicide by gunfire. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime, Murder
    Sense id: en-booting-en-noun-8agkY5gW Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 27 27 36 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 24 18 47 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 21 12 58 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: multibooting, nonbooting

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-booting.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} booting
  1. present participle and gerund of boot Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: boot
    Sense id: en-booting-en-verb-Vwewv6fz

Inflected forms

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