different between boots vs zoots

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?ts/
• Rhymes: -u?ts

Noun

boots

1. plural of boot
2. (Jamaican, slang, plural only) A condom.
   • 1980, Black Uhuru, "Abortion", Black Uhuru (re-released as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1983):

     I said throw away the boots, I want my little youth

Synonyms

• (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.

Noun

boots (plural bootses)

1. (dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
   • 1962, WH Auden & Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin 1970, p. 260:

     The old beggar ran up and down in his tattered toga, acting as both boots [transl. Hausknecht] and waiter.

References

Verb

boots

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boot

Anagrams

• boost, botos

Jamaican Creole

Etymology 1

From English boot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?ts/
• Hyphenation: boots

Noun

boots (plural: boots dem, quantified: boots)

1. Alternative form of boot.
2. (slang) condom (male contraceptive)

Related terms

• boot

Etymology 2

From English boost.

Verb

boots

1. encourage, promote

References

• boots – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

English

Noun

zoots

1. plural of zoot