Bootsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

boots

1. plural of boot

派生語

名詞

boots pl (plural only)

1. (Jamaica, slang, plural only) A condom.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom

   • 1980, Black Uhuru, "Abortion", Black Uhuru (re-released as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1983):

     I said throw away the boots, I want my little youth

名詞

boots (plural bootses)

1. (dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 51:

     He gave the boots at the Coffee Palace a shilling when that official found his key for him, and having put his boots carefully in the bag with his shirts, and placed his socks outside to be cleaned for the morning, he went to bed in a state of great mental exultation, and slept soundly.

   • c. 1920s-1940s, A. M. Burrage, “Druid's Croft”, in Druid's Croft & Other Stories, published 2013:

     If you can get the Boots at the Crown to talk, he will tell you a story which he thinks is amusing, about how he was knocked up at two in the morning by a gentleman who arrived in a car which he had driven in his underclothes.

   • 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 260:

     The old beggar ran up and down in his tattered toga, acting as both boots [translating Hausknecht] and waiter.

   • 2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 411:

     The young man with Doyler, who indeed no longer worked at Lee's of Kingstown, but had advanced to a position of boots and bottle-washer at the Russell Hotel adjacent the Green, was looking uneasy. […] The boots was sure.

2. (UK, naval, slang) The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.
   • 1705, The Life of William III, Late King of England, and Prince of Orange, page 334:

     […] he sent on the 22d. Vice-Admiral Rook into it, with several Men of War and Fire-Ships, besides the Boots of the Fleet, to endeavour to destroy them: […]

   • 2005, Frank Wade, A Midshipman's War, page 115:

     The captain of Hotspur was Lieutenant T. Herrick, the youngest commanding officer in all the destroyers, and says Hotspur was the “boots” of the fleet! Being the junior ship, she was given jobs no-one wanted.

副詞

boots (not comparable)

1. (drag slang) Used as an intensifier: very, to a great degree; exceptionally.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:very

   That dress is fierce boots!

   • 2021 December 2, Raffy Ermac, “Meet the Sickening Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14”, in Out‎:

     Hello-tis, it's Jorgeous! This spicy Latina dancing diva started drag at the age of 16 and never looked back. A fierce performer who was born to do drag, Jorgeous is looking to dance the house down boots all the way to the top.

   • 2024 May 16, Joan Summers, “So Chic, Very Chic: Trade of the Season”, in Paper‎:

     As for Lindsay [Hubbard], it’s like this Courrèges dress was hand dyed to look as excellent on her as a dress could possibly look. Her breasts are sat, her waist snatched, and all the other sorts of things I could possibly say about a girl boss queen who slays boots the house.

   • 2024 June 12, Jess Reynolds, “47 pics from D.C.'s Capital Pride Parade 2024 that are boots the house (and Senate) down queer joy”, in Out‎:

     [see title]

   • 2024 August 11, Jordan Robledo, “Drag Race: Here’s why Miss Fiercalicious is “furious” over latest Canada vs the World episode”, in Gay Times‎:

     “Bring your best burns to the main stage and roast your partner down the house boots. The winner of each battle will earn themselves a top placement. While the loser will be in the bottom and possibly up for elimination,” Brad Goreski explained to the contestants.

   • 2024 September 6, Sam Damshenas, quoting Lemon, “Drag Race winner Lemon on fulfilling her zestiny and prioritising “party girl vibes””, in Gay Times‎:

     There’s some people in the world who treat the girls differently based on their track records, which is crazy boots, but now you can clock the tea, clock the track record, clock the win, clock the tiara and… you could never.

使用する際の注意点

• It can modify verbs, adjectives or nouns. Often used together with the house down (or down the house) for further emphasis (e.g., boots the house down, the house down boots or the house boots down).

動詞

boots

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of boot

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アナグラム

• Stobo, boost, botos