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English word gumboot comes from English boot, English gum

boot (English)

(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.. (informal) To forcibly eject.. (slang) To vomit.. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).. To kick.. To put boots on, especially for riding. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. (dated) remedy, amends. (obsolete) Profit; [...]

gum (English)

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth. (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process.. (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to.. To stiffen with glue or gum. (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.. To chew, especially of a toothless [...]

gumboot (English)

(New Zealand, British, Australia) A type of boot made of rubber.. (South Africa, uncountable) A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.

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