Bootstraps

Word BOOTSTRAPS
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Definitions and meanings of "Bootstraps"

What do we mean by bootstraps?

A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.

The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory

The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.

The action of lifting yourself out of poverty through sheer skill and force of will. It is about as plausible as the name suggests. Urban Dictionary

(v.) to cause a system (usually a computer system) to build itself; to build something complex by giving a simple instruction. From the concept of "pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps." Urban Dictionary

(n.) An article of clothing which, when yanked upon, will yield a rising of socioeconomic status and an appreciation of one's accomplishments. Often worn with spats, top hat, and monocle. Urban Dictionary

An establishment which one reluctantly visits after a long indecisive search for a pub/club/restaurant/cafe. Selected not for its superiority to previously considered establishments, but as a last resort. The term bootstrap originated in the UK. When searching for a place to each lunch, many eventually choose to eat a Boots £3.29 meal deal because they have given up searching for alternative that can be agreed upon. A highly available outlet in conjunction with rising hunger levels eventuate in people being caught in a 'boots trap'. Unfulfilled and disappointed, one wishes they picked the cafe they had encountered half an hour ago. Although its' use traditionally refers to establishments, its' use has often been used to refer to other last resort acquisitions that are subjectively less pleasing than previously rejected (and now unavailable) alternatives. (e.g. buying a car, hooking up at a bar/party). Urban Dictionary

When 2 girls lie on their stomachs while you insert one foot into each vagina and you pull on their hair while you attempt to walk with your feet still inside them. Urban Dictionary

When a male - after having sex with a woman - ejaculates on the sole of his shoe then slaps her in the face with it. Also known as a bootstrap bill Urban Dictionary

A big, fast, monster who beats people up Urban Dictionary

A small gun that you keep in your boot and use to commit armed robbery thus elevating your economic status in society. Urban Dictionary

A derogatory word for Italian douchebags. The term "Bootstrap" originates from the Italian peninsula's resemblance of a boot. Urban Dictionary

Diving technique that involves a front flip mimed as if you were flipping yourself by pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. Urban Dictionary

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The word "bootstraps" in example sentences

Ken Peters, Peer Liaison for San Diego County through Recovery Innovations of California: I do feel the idea that homeless people with mental illness need only 'pull themselves up by their bootstraps' is ridiculous. ❋ Christine Schanes (2010)

Barack Obama has lifted himself by his bootstraps from the South Side of Chicago to be an intelligent and charasmatic leader. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hauling yourself up by your bootstraps is very difficult. ❋ Unknown (2000)

This same subtext about the need for the Iraqis to pull themselves up by the bootstraps was the chorus in almost all of the commentary last week. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For Peru to pull herself up by her bootstraps will be a hideously long and painful process, especially when social planning must proceed under the handicap of such immediate pressures as I described. ❋ Ranly, Ernest W. (1976)

Conservatives have so often cried "socialism!" that it's now nothing more than a bygone has-been of a warning - a cheap and lazy namedrop, a wilted way to self-identify as a bootstraps-and-heartland sort of citizen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, I began to think about this and came to the realization that coming out of my kind of background and watching the people who were able to rise to level of -- levels of success, the question was not about not having bootstraps but, in fact, knowing that we all had bootstraps, and our bootstraps were our dreams, our imaginations, our sense of destiny, what we wanted to do with our lives and teachers who challenged us to look within ourself and find our inner strength and grow from those strengths, as opposed to what others perceived to be our weaknesses. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Furthermore, Republican Party messaging has always revolved around the rhetoric of the "bootstraps" party of self-determination, manifest destiny, and the importance of family. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sadly, my footwear never came with "bootstraps," so needless to say my school years weren't my best. ❋ Unknown (2007)

You know, that whole conservative "bootstraps" thing. ❋ Steven Barnes (2008)

Pull yourself up by the bootstraps is the ideology, however in many cases the underclass and the working poor don’t even own a boot to start with. ❋ Renee (2009)

But the group warned: "It is estimated that the costs of the "bootstraps" could double this, and thus act as a disincentive to the development of the area's renewable energy resources." ❋ Unknown (2011)

The American worker has been stripped of any disposable income that could have been invested for retirement so you fat cats could get fatter Joe, so save your "holier than thou" "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" sermon Joe, since cats of your caliber have stolen the very "bootstraps" from the working mans boots ❋ Unknown (2011)

Because it sounds good and photographs well, Then they dovetail it neatly into small town family values for the women fok and "bootstraps" for the men folk and go back to Washington and vote against anything related to education. ❋ Unknown (2010)

More billionaires [exist] now than ever before. If we all started [bootstrapping], every American could become a [billionaire]! ❋ Sitbear (2021)

That virus crashed ([def]. 6) my [Solaris] box (def. 8), so I had to bootstrap it from [the CD]. ❋ Heikediguoren (2006)

"Why don't you [go get a job], you bum? Why, after [graduating] from [Harvard] I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps and, by God, got to where I am today!" ❋ Jazzy McR (2007)

a. We ended up in a right bootstrap last night. b. Why? There are so many good bars around [that part] of town. a. [Yeah I know].. but we couldn't agree [on one], and we had been walking around for ages. ❋ Yelnaaah (2015)

Me and [the ladies] are going [bootstrapping] tonight! [Oh boy]! ❋ Billy Lurker (2017)

I gave [Tina] a bootstrap last night and it left [a funny] [mark] on her face. ❋ Norris1234 (2007)

[bootstrap] [devoured] the city. [Bootstrap] then banged [megan fox]. ❋ Bootsy69 (2010)

[Let's get this money] [foo], you [got] your bootstrap? ❋ Skatchface (2017)

Those god [damned] Bootstraps won't [stop talking] about their [meatballs]. ❋ Your Local Memer (2017)

"EL: [Bootstrapping]? Is that a real thing? [RG]: Oh definitely. [Look it up] on Urban Dictionary." ❋ FakeSteveJobs (2010)

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