Definitions for boosts

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IPA: /bust/

Boosts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in boosts (boosst).

Definitions for boosts

noun

1. an upward shove or raise; lift.
2. an increase; rise:
3. an act, remark, or the like, that helps one's progress, morale, efforts, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below.
2. to advance or aid by speaking well of; promote:
3. to increase; raise:
4. Slang. to steal, especially to shoplift:

verb (used without object)

1. Slang. to engage in stealing, especially shoplifting.

Origin of boosts

1805-15, Americanism; perhaps Scots dialect boose (variant of pouss push) + (hoi)st

Examples for boosts

And since I've left the San, I've looked forward to your letters to boost up my spirits.

Go easy on stakes because unless careful will boost the comein.

Unz also notes that a higher minimum wage would discourage illegal immigration and boost consumer spending.

After plane loads of wheat seeds were sent to India in the 1960s, farmers there were able to boost production by a factor of four.

"Then you'll have to boost the buggy-wheels, that's all," answered Jim.

Of course, I was expecting something—a boost in salary, or something like that.

Firstly, there's the offensive notion that New York needs an ad campaign to boost tourism.

They use Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, as an example of how PEDs are supposed to boost numbers.

In that case, we will have to turn in and88 give the fellow what you Americans call a boost.

At a minimum it could boost the number of troops it has patrolling the 900-kilometer frontier, Yavuz told The Daily Beast.