bootstrap

1. 1.

   a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on

   Broaderstrap

1. 1.

   help oneself, often through improvised means

   Broaderhelp

Other forms of bootstrap

plural

bootstraps·

past tense

bootstrapped·

present participle

bootstrapping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bootstrap

What does bootstrap mean?

bootstrap means "a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bootstrap?

bootstrap has 2 syllables: boot-strap. The stress falls on "boot". In IPA it is /ˈbutˌstɹæp/.

Is bootstrap a common word?

bootstrap is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bootstrap?

2 words rhyme with bootstrap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.