jackboot

Speech parts

1. jackboot - Noun

2. jackboot - Verb

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hessian wellington Hessian boot wellington boot grip boot iron fist buskin combat boot desert boot hard line big stick chukka boot top boot army boot
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Antonyms

hat disperse scatter weakness fine touch

Hypernyms

boot

Anagrams

bootjack

Examples

In totalitarian societies, there is no mechanism for change; the jackboot comes down hard, crushing malcontents. Source: Internet

In the guise of caring for “marginalized communities”, Berdin would place the jackboot of censorship on the throats of those she disagrees with. Source: Internet

Switzerland did survive as a free, democratic state in a Europe prostrate under the Nazi jackboot. Source: Internet

It was here, now, alive, as real as the ground we are standing on and any jackboot that attempted to come down on it was going to find itself booted right back. Source: Internet

The Nazis never did set one jackboot on Skokie pavement, peeling off and staging a rally in Chicago instead. Source: Internet

Rubio’s out, and now must decide if losing his home state to Trump was humiliating enough — or if he’d like to shoot the moon and lick The Donald’s jackboot. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

jackassness jackassy jackbird jackbooted jackbox jackboy