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☆ boost (bo̵̅o̅st)

transitive verb

  1. to raise by or as by a push from behind or below; push up
  2. to urge others to support; promote to boost a program
  3. to make higher or greater; increase in amount, power, etc. to boost taxes, boost electric current
  4. Slang to steal; esp., to shoplift

Etymology: < ?

intransitive verb

Slang to steal; esp., to shoplift

noun

  1. a push to help propel a person or thing upward or forward
  2. an act that helps or promotes
  3. an increase in amount, power, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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