bootjack

Etymology

From boot +‎ jack.

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

bootjack (plural bootjacks)

A V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
A former leaf base on the trunk of a palm that resembles the device.

Translations

a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots

Finnish: kenkärenki
German: Stiefelknecht (de) m
Greenlandic: kamillartaat
Hungarian: fakutya (hu), csizmahúzó (hu)
Plautdietsch: Steewelkjnajcht m
Spanish: sacabotas (es) m
Swedish: stövelknekt (sv) c

Verb

bootjack (third-person singular simple present bootjacks, present participle bootjacking, simple past and past participle bootjacked)

(slang) to steal

Anagrams

jack boot, jack-boot, jackboot

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