boot-strap in English

noun

1

a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.

He pulled two small daggers from his bootstraps and shrugged.

2

a technique of loading a program into a computer by means of a few initial instructions that enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device.

We first used the model to estimate slippage rates and the bootstrap from statistics to compute confidence intervals.

3

the technique of starting with existing resources to create something more complex and effective.

we see the creative act as a bootstrap process

verb

1

get (oneself or something) into or out of a situation using existing resources.

the company is bootstrapping itself out of a marred financial past

adjective

1

(of a person or project) using one's own resources rather than external help.

a bootstrap capitalist's trip up the entrepreneurial ladder

Use "boot-strap" in a sentence

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14. Strap yourself in.

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