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Denver boot — n. [after DENVER] a large metal clamp locked to a wheel of a motor vehicle by the police to immobilize the vehicle: used primarily to force people to pay their parking tickets … English World dictionary
denver boot — noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: from Denver, Colo., where it was first used in the United States : a metal clamp that locks onto one of the wheels of an automobile and must be unlocked before a motorist can drive off (as after… … Useful english dictionary
Denver boot — a wheel block that stops a car from moving Greg was drunk, so the police put a Denver boot on his car … English idioms
Denver boot — Den′ver boot′ n. a metal device attached to the wheel of a parked car so that it cannot be driven away until a fine is paid or the owner reports to the police: used by the police to catch scofflaws • Etymology: 1965–70; after Denver Colorado, one … From formal English to slang
Denver boot — noun Etymology: Denver, Colo. Date: 1968 a metal clamp that is locked onto one of the wheels of an automobile to immobilize it especially until its owner pays accumulated parking fines … New Collegiate Dictionary
Denver boot — boot1 (def. 11). [after DENVER, Colorado, one of the first large communities to adopt the device] * * * … Universalium
Denver boot — noun A device locked into place over the wheel of a road vehicle, immobilizing it. Syn: boot, wheel clamp … Wiktionary
Denver boot — Den|ver boot [ ,denvər but ] noun count AMERICAN a heavy metal object that police use to cover one wheel of an illegally parked car … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Denver Boot — n. locking device attached to the wheel of a car to immobilize it (used especially for cars parked illegally or until the owner pays parking fines that accumulated) … English contemporary dictionary
Denver boot — noun (C) AmE informal a metal object that the police fasten to an illegally parked car so that it cannot be moved; wheel clamp … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
