- jackboot⇄jackboot, noun, verb,
- jackboot⇄noun 1. a heavy boot reaching above the knee.
2. a similar boot worn by German soldiers during World War II.
3. (Figurative.)
a. rough, bullying measures; jackboot tactics.
b. a person who uses rough, bullying measures. - jackboot⇄v.t. to make by using rough, bullying measures.
Ex. German ... troops were jackbooting their way around the northwestern section of Czechoslovakia (New York Times).