bootjack

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noun

A V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.

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Meanings

bootjack1

nounbootjack (plural bootjacks)

plural bootjacks

  1. A V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
  2. A former leaf base on the trunk of a palm that resembles the device.
verbbootjack (third-person singular simple present bootjacks, present participle bootjacking, simple past and past participle bootjacked)

present singular third person bootjacks · participle present bootjacking · participle past bootjacked · past bootjacked

  1. slangto steal

Bootjack2

proper noun
  1. A census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States.

Origin

From boot + jack.

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Translations

Finnish kenkärenki
  • kenkärenkia V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots
German Stiefelknecht
  • Stiefelknechta V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots
Hungarian fakutya, csizmahúzó
  • fakutyaa V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots
  • csizmahúzóa V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots
Spanish sacabotas
  • sacabotasa V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots
Swedish stövelknekt
  • stövelknekta V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

jackboot
Cite this entry
APA

bootjack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootjack

MLA

“bootjack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootjack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootjack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootjack.

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