boot one en · VERB
Meanings
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(slang) To make a mistake.
[…] to jeer at him when he booted one or fanned with a crucial run on base.
1998, Eliot Asinof, Man on Spikes, page 68:[…] he played short with sweet ease, and looked good even when he booted one, […]
2002, Brooke Horvath, Tim Wiles, Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems, page 92:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| booted one | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| booted one | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| boots one | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| booting one | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |