jack·boot

also jack-boot (jăk′bo͞ot′)

a. A stout military boot with a flared top that extends above the knee.

b. A stout military boot that has an often studded sole, lacks laces, and extends to mid-calf.

2. A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.

3. The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system.

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jackboot

(ˈdʒækˌbuːt)

1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an all-leather military boot, extending up to or above the knee

a. arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour

b. (as modifier): jackboot tactics.

ˈjackˌbooted adj

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jack•boot

(ˈdʒækˌbut)

n.

1. a man's sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee.

2. militaristic authority or rule.

jack′boot`ed, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

jackboot - (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot

hessian, Hessian boot, Wellington boot, Wellington

boot - footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

Translations

حِذاء بِرَقَبَه ومِهْماز

kanadavojenská bota

skaftestøvle

térden felül érõ csizma

hnéstígvél

stivalone

aulinis batasbotfortas

garš zābaks

langstøvel

vojenská topánka

uzun çizme

长统靴

jackboot

[ˈdʒækbuːt] N → bota f de montar, bota f militar
under the Nazi jackboot → bajo el azote or la férula del nazismo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jackboot

[ˈdʒækbuːt] n → botte f cavalière

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jackboot

n → Schaftstiefel m; to be under the jackboot (of) → unter dem Stiefel (+gen) → stehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

jackboot

(ˈdʒӕkbuːt) noun

a type of tall especially military boot that reaches above the knee.

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By the time you had made up your minds we would have been under the 'jackboot'.

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Released in June 1940, The Mortal Storm dramatized the metamorphosis of Germany into a gangster state by showing the imprint of the Nazi jackboot on a single family.

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'The militarization of the electoral process is a disservice to our democracy and a throwback to the jackboot era of military dictatorship.

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By smothering under the jackboot their desire for freedom, India has turned a peaceful campaign for self-determination into an armed struggle.

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Mr Pithie refers to Britain receiving very little thanks from our European allies for all her efforts in saving that continent from the slavery of the jackboot.

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Referendum Oh dear voting is over, Great Britain is out Half the country expects we'll go down the spout Gone from Europe's jackboot and out of the union Weeping Remainers can't take this bitter onion The pound it has fallen, the stock market crashed Those on their pensions seriously bashed D-Day - remember, is all they can say Skint they may be, this is their Independence Day The spirit of Churchill will keep us alive Worry not that your finances have taken a dive The workers have spoken with considerable clout Poor Cameron and cronies are rightly kicked out Who would have thought Labour could wreck it Useless Jeremy Corbyn has brought us the Brexit JOHN PURVES, Whitley Bay

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IMAGINE Hitler had won the Battle of Britain in 1940, and we were under the Nazi jackboot.

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Without the bravery of the Poles, Britain would probably have fallen under the heel of the jackboot.

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Is it not then unrealistic to expect that countries such as Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, would emerge from beneath the jackboot of their megalomaniac leaders into a new Utopia?

Comment

"But it is my hope that you will also smell the city drains, observe the sacrifice of the land and water on the altar of expedient and ruthless disregard for the environment, and feel the jackboot of authoritarian cruelty quietly encouraged by official indifference.

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