boost

[ boost ]

/ bust /

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verb (used with object)

to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below.

to advance or aid by speaking well of; promote: She always boosts her hometown.

to increase; raise: to boost prices; to boost the horsepower of the car by 20 percent.

Slang. to steal, especially to shoplift: Two typewriters were boosted from the office last night.

verb (used without object)

Slang. to engage in stealing, especially shoplifting.

noun

an upward shove or raise; lift.

an increase; rise: There's been a tremendous boost in food prices.

an act, remark, or the like, that helps one's progress, morale, efforts, etc.: His pep talk was the boost our team needed.

Origin of boost

1805–15, Americanism; perhaps Scots dialect boose (variant of pouss push) + (hoi)st

SYNONYMS FOR boost

7 hike, growth, upsurge, upswing, uptick.

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Words nearby boost

boongary, boonies, boor, boorish, booshit, boost, boost phase, boost-start, booster, booster cable, booster dose

Example sentences from the Web for boost

Unz also notes that a higher minimum wage would discourage illegal immigration and boost consumer spending.

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Firstly, there's the offensive notion that New York needs an ad campaign to boost tourism.

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After plane loads of wheat seeds were sent to India in the 1960s, farmers there were able to boost production by a factor of four.

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At a minimum it could boost the number of troops it has patrolling the 900-kilometer frontier, Yavuz told The Daily Beast.

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They use Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, as an example of how PEDs are supposed to boost numbers.

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Yes, I'll stay and do what I can to boost the hermit life in your estimation.

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Long ago, when I used to crab you, she gave it to me in the neck; and now when I try to boost you, you seem to get it.

The Rough Road |William John Locke
Judge Stone waited a moment, and gave her a boost at the elbow as she skipped up the step.

Vandemark's Folly |Herbert Quick
And now I guess you're going to boost your weight behind it too.

The Man in the Twilight |Ridgwell Cullum
Come on, fellows, let's work up some real genuine enthusiasm and all boost together for the snappiest dinner yet!

Babbitt |Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for boost

boost

/ (buːst) /

noun

encouragement, improvement, or help a boost to morale

an upward thrust or push he gave him a boost over the wall

an increase or rise a boost in salary

a publicity campaign; promotion

the amount by which the induction pressure of a supercharged internal-combustion engine exceeds that of the ambient pressure

verb (tr)

to encourage, assist, or improve to boost morale

to lift by giving a push from below or behind

to increase or raise to boost the voltage in an electrical circuit

to cause to rise; increase to boost sales

to advertise on a big scale

to increase the induction pressure of (an internal-combustion engine) above that of the ambient pressure; supercharge

Word Origin for boost

C19: of unknown origin

Scientific definitions for boost

boost

[ bōōst ]

A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes.

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