Boot
Boot verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Usage example: he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question
Murder
Murder verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Usage example: we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old boot | old murder |
| good | good boot | good murder |
| single | single boot | single murder |
| real | real boot | real murder |
| Other adjectives: black, new, next, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If any of the detectives can figure out who commited the murder, they will earn the reputation as the single greatest detective in the world—and win a million dollars, to boot.
Source: Film / Murder by Death -
Although his method of murder was stomping people with a cartoony spiked boot, Dennis was a surprisingly menacing villain.
Source: Bounty Hunter - She didn't kill her mother to have her father for herself, and her brother helped her with the murder to boot.
Source: This Index Is Not an Example
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