1. [informal] The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   "After repeated violations, he finally got the boot";
   - dismissal, dismission [rare], discharge, firing, release, sack, sacking, severance, heave-ho [informal], the axe [informal], the chop [Brit, informal], chuck [Brit, informal], termination [N. Amer]
    
2. [archaic] An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
   "Medieval dungeons often contained the boot among their instruments of torture";
   - boot [archaic], iron boot [archaic]

Derived forms: the boots

Type of: conclusion, ending, instrument of torture, termination

Encyclopedia: The boot