Bootleg Definition
bo͝otlĕg
bootlegged, bootlegging, bootlegs
verb
bootlegged, bootlegging, bootlegs
To make, carry, or sell (esp. liquor) illegally.
Webster's New World
To produce, distribute, or sell without permission or illegally.
A clandestine outfit that bootlegs compact discs and tapes.
American Heritage
To engage in the bootlegging of alcoholic liquor or another product.
American Heritage
To attach a transmitter to a dish antenna, creating an uplink via which a signal is sent to a satellite without the knowledge of the satellite's owner.
American Heritage
To fake a hand-off, conceal the ball on the hip, and roll out in order to pass or especially to rush around the end. Used of a quarterback.
American Heritage
noun
A product, especially alcoholic liquor, that is illicitly produced, distributed, or sold.
American Heritage
The part of a boot that covers the leg.
Webster's New World
Something bootlegged; esp., bootlegged liquor, recordings, etc.
Webster's New World
A play in which the quarterback bootlegs.
American Heritage
A type of play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff to a running back and then runs, usually around the defensive end, with the ball held hidden behind a hip.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Bootlegged; illegal.
Webster's New World
Produced, sold, or transported illegally.
Bootleg gin; bootleg tapes.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Bootleg
Noun
Singular:
bootleg
Plural:
bootlegsOrigin of Bootleg
From a smuggler's practice of carrying liquor in the legs of boots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
from the carrying of bottles of smuggled spirit in the legs of boots
From Wiktionary
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