boosting meat for resale. He boosts for
a living. 2. tv. to praise or hype someone
or something; to support someone or
something. She is always boosting some
cause. If she would boost me as well, I
wouldn’t object to the time she spends hyp-
ing other people.booster 1. n. a shoplifter. The cops
hauled in two boosters by noon. Gary
was a part-time booster till he got into
dope. 2. n. a supporter (of someone or
some cause). We don’t have enough
boosters to have any effect. I’m a booster
of lots of good causes.
boot 1. n. a thrill; a charge. I get a real
boot out of my grandchildren. Their lit-
tle games give me a real boot. 2. tv. to dis-
miss or eject someone. I booted him
myself. John, boot that guy at once! 3.
n. a dismissal or ejection. I got the boot
even though I had worked there for a
decade. Seven people got the boot. 4. tv.
& in. to start the operating system of a
computer. I booted the thing, but it just
sat there. When I booted, all I got was
a feep. 5. in. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. The kid booted and booted and
will probably never smoke another cigar.
I think I’m gonna boot. Gangway!
bootieGo to boody.
boot someone outtv. to throw someone
out; to kick someone out. Are you go-
ing to boot me out?TI don’t boot out any-
body. John does that. Bruno, come here.
bootyGo to boody.
booty call 1. n. sexual arousal. (Usually
objectionable.) Sam said he was feel-
ing the booty call and needed to find his
woman. 2. n. calling someone up for sex.
(Usually objectionable.) Reg stopped at
a phone booth in the bar to make a booty
call.
booze[buz] 1. n. beverage alcohol. (Slang
since the 1500s.) I don’t care for booze.
It makes me sneeze. Where’s the booze?
- and booze upin. to drink alcohol to
excess; to go on a bash. Let’s go out and
booze up! Stop boozing for a minute and
listen up, guys.
booze artistn. a drunken person; a drunk-
ard. Pete was a booze artist for a decade
before he realized what he was doing.
A wobbly booze artist sat musing on the
stool in the corner.boozedmod. alcohol intoxicated. Wo w,
is he ever boozed! I think I am a little
boozed.booze it (up)tv. to drink excessively; to
drink to intoxication. Yo u c o m e h o m e
every night and booze it up. How can you
keep on this way? Let’s go out and booze
it, okay?booze upGo to booze.boozy-woozy[“buzi”wuzi] mod. alcohol in-
toxicated. The boozy-woozy man clung
to the railing and sang at the top of his
voice. I think I am just an itty-bitty
boozy-woozy.bop[bap] 1. tv. to strike someone or some-
thing. I bopped the car on the hood and
made a dent. You wanna get bopped in
the beezer? 2. n. a style of jazz popular
in the 1940s. We heard some bop in an
old movie. Bop is not popular, but it is
by no means dead. 3. n. a drug in pill
form; a dose of a drug. (See also hit.)
Give me a bop of that stuff, will ya? Yo u
gonna drop both of them bops?bore the pants off (of ) someonetv. to
bore someone exceedingly. You bore the
pants off me! The lecture bored the
pants off of everybody.bosh[baS] n. nonsense; idle talk. (Also an
exclamation, Bosh!) That is enough of
your bosh! Oh, bosh! You don’t know
what you’re talking about.bosom buddyn. a very close male or fe-
male friend. We are bosom buddies, but
we can still get into a big fight every now
and then. Oh, yes, Sharon is my bosom
buddy.bosom chums and bosom friendsn. lice.
The old guy sat there scratching at his
bosom chums. “Nobody seems to like my
bosom friends,” he muttered.bosom friendsGo to bosom chums.bosom friends