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Meaning of "jackboot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JACKBOOT

jackboot  [ˈdʒækˌbuːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JACKBOOT

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jackboot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JACKBOOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jackboot

The term jackboot denotes two very different styles of military boot, the cavalry jackboot and the hobnailed jackboot, and its derivatives. The cavalry jackboot was a version of the jackboots worn by postilions, such as guided the French stage coach or diligence, as described by an English visitor to France in 1803: The near horse of the three first, is mounted by the postilion, in his great jack boots.... These curious protectors of his legs, are composed of wood, and iron hoops, softened within by stuffing, and give him all the dignity of riding in a pair of upright portmanteaus....

Definition of jackboot in the English dictionary

The definition of jackboot in the dictionary is an all-leather military boot, extending up to or above the knee. Other definition of jackboot is arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JACKBOOT


absolute
ˈæbsəˌluːt
bhut
buːt
boot
buːt
contribute
kənˈtrɪbjuːt
crowboot
ˈkrəʊˌbuːt
cute
kjuːt
freeboot
ˈfriːˌbuːt
fruit
fruːt
hardboot
ˈhɑːdˌbuːt
institute
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːt
overboot
ˈəʊvəˌbuːt
reboot
riːˈbuːt
root
ruːt
route
ruːt
salute
səˈluːt
shoot
ʃuːt
snow-boot
ˈsnəʊbuːt
suit
suːt
tribute
ˈtrɪbjuːt
unboot
ʌnˈbuːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JACKBOOT

jack-o´-lantern
jack-of-all-trades
Jack-the-lad
Jack-the-rags
jack-up
jackal
jackanapes
jackaroo
jackass
jackassery
jackbooted
jackdaw
Jackeen
jacker
jackeroo
jacket
jacket potato
jacket-like
jacketed
jacketless

WORDS THAT END LIKE JACKBOOT

ankle boot
car boot
chukka boot
combat boot
Denver boot
field boot
half-boot
hobnail boot
hobnailed boot
luggage boot
rock boot
sea boot
ski boot
surgical boot
the boot
to boot
top boot
walking boot
welly boot

Synonyms and antonyms of jackboot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jackboot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JACKBOOT

Find out the translation of jackboot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jackboot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jackboot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过膝长靴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jackboot
570 millions of speakers

English

jackboot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घुटने तक का जूता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجزمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сапог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bota
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jackboot
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

autoritaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jackboot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schafstiefel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

革長靴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jackboot
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jackboot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giày ống cao tới đầu gối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சப்பாத்தின் பலத்தினுடனாகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जॅकबूट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaba kuvvet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stivalone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jackboot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чобіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cizmă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jackboot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water laars
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stöveln
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jackboot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jackboot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JACKBOOT»

The term «jackboot» is regularly used and occupies the 106.044 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JACKBOOT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jackboot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACKBOOT»

Discover the use of jackboot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jackboot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Under the Jackboot
The Well Researched Papers By The Institute For Defence Studies And Analyses Put Together In The Book Focus On Various Aspects Of Pakistan Occupid Kashmir (Pok), Its History, Its Problem And Present Situation.
Jasjit Singh, 1995
2
Jackboot: The Story of the German Soldier
Such is the aim of Jackboot, the story that traces the background and influences that have shaped the character of the German soldier from the time of Frederick the Great to the end of the last war.
John Laffin, 2003
3
Jackboot
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The term Jackboot denotes two very different styles of military boot, the Cavalry Jackboot and the Hobnailed Jackboot, and its derivatives.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
4
Jackboot
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
5
Customer Segmentation and Clustering Using SAS Enterprise ...
In the first program node, you can add into the program the SAS macro called JACKBOOT.SAS, or if you have stored this macro in a folder on your computer, you can put a pointer using the statement %inc 'location of jackboot.sas code'; .
Randall S. Collica, 2011
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The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine
A Jackboot. Being an Essay in the Manner of the Moderns, On Times, Persons, and Things. A Jackboot is a Discourse, which will suit arty Subject whatsoever, as its Namesake will fit any Leg. It requires no Title, yet is capable of all. You may ...
Midwife, Christopher Smart, 1751
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Red Star Airacobra: Memoirs of a Soviet Fighter Ace, 1941-45
Leather cuttings, skeins of thread, knives, hammers, boot-trees, and nails were scattered, and he was hammering the last tacks into the heel of the right jackboot. "Try the left one, and I'll finish this one." He took out a jackboot from under the ...
Evgeniy Mariinskiy, Artem Drabkin, 2006
8
Violence to Non-violence: Individual Perspectives, Communal ...
A. child. under. the. jackboot. Hans. Roland. SUDDENLY there was a commotion behind us and we glimpsed a figure running. It was the girl, she had gained good ground and was about to jump into the fast flowing River Regen when a round ...
William Kelly, 1994
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Five Days that Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond
The. Jackboot. State. The first glimpse the world had of America's new militarized police was in the news footage and photographs from the Battle of Seattle, images that recurred throughout 2000 in Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Los  ...
Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, 2000
10
SAS and R: Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and ...
The %boot macro in the jackboot . sas file requires that you write a %analyze macro, which must generate an output dataset. /* create macro that generates the desired statistic */ %macro analyze (data=, out=); proc summary data=&data; var x; ...
Ken Kleinman, Nicholas J. Horton, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JACKBOOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jackboot is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Justice: Wisconsin Supreme Court Shuts Down 'John Doe' - Townhall
We've been covering the so-called "John Doe" investigation in Wisconsin for years -- from its shocking 'politics of the jackboot' tactics against ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
2
Peter Foster: The Agreekment paradox continues
The jackboot references were pulled on because the most contentious condition of Monday's announcement is that Greece must not merely ... «Financial Post, Jul 15»
3
Time for tough love
Those of us who grew up under the jackboot of apartheid have always watched and read stories of men and women who came from poverty, ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Don't blame residents
This diabolical weapon quivers a credo like a surgeon's scalpel in a serious case of intended malpractice. Thus the jackboot lance stamps fear, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Cambridge's role in the Battle of Britain
Around 3,000 pilots are credited with taking part in the battle, including those from countries which had already fallen under the Nazi jackboot ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
6
WATCH: Conwy councillors slam Welsh Government's 'crazy …
Cllr Dave Cowans believed the Welsh Government is trying to “jackboot local government into submission”. He said the Welsh Government's ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
7
“Blame it on Gaza” say UK Politicians
The rest of Palestine was taken over in 1967 and remains under the Israeli jackboot. So exactly what are Hamas supposed to 'recognise'? «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
8
Are the Scales Falling from Our Eyes?
... other Wisconsinites) targeted on the thinnest of pretexts for jackboot .... other Wisconsinites) targeted on the thinnest of pretexts for jackboot ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
9
THEATER REVIEW Bent
... their characters' environment, assisted by fight designer Barbara Charlene, who keeps the potentially cartoonish jackboot antics perfunctory. «Windy City Times, Jul 15»
10
058 Colony in Space
However, those of us who live with our faces ground into the dirt by the jackboot of the Kasterborous editor long ago resigned ourselves to ... «Doctor Who UK Webzine, Jul 15»

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