jackboot
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Is jackboot a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of jackboot?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal, by extension) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.Examples: "That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years."broadlyinformal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.Examples: "The two porters leapt into action, steamed up to the front of the room and started jackbooting the burning paper."transitive
2. (intransitive) To march in jackboots.Examples: "All his childhood they had stormed through the cinema newsreels, jackbooting triumphantly through Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Paris. Now they would jackboot through Garmouth. Followed by the Gestapo."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary