Usually means: Unauthorized reproduction or distribution copy.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
We found 35 dictionaries that define the word bootleg:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. bootleg: Merriam-Webster
  2. bootleg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bootleg: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bootleg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bootleg: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bootleg, bootleg: Wordnik
  7. bootleg: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bootleg: Wiktionary
  9. bootleg: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bootleg: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bootleg: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bootleg: Dictionary.com
  13. bootleg: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. bootleg: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Bootleg (Bad News album), Bootleg (Downchild Blues Band album), Bootleg (Kenshi Yonezu album), Bootleg (Larry Norman album), Bootleg (TV serial), Bootleg (TV series), Bootleg (Tempest album), Bootleg (comics), Bootleg (disambiguation), Bootleg (music), Bootleg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. bootleg: Rhymezone
  17. bootleg: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. bootleg: FreeDictionary.org
  19. bootleg: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. bootleg: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Bootleg: World Wide Words
  22. bootleg: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bootleg: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. bootleg: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. bootleg: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. Bootleg (album), bootleg: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bootleg: A Word A Day
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bootleg, bootleg, bootleg: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bootleg: Sports Definitions

(Note: See bootlegged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.
verb:  (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
verb:  (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To operate a mine illicitly.
noun:  The part of a boot that is above the instep.
noun:  An illegally produced, transported or sold product; contraband.
noun:  (music) An unauthorized recording, e.g., of a live concert.
noun:  (music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.
noun:  (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
adjective:  Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Word origin

Words similar to bootleg

Usage examples for bootleg

Idioms related to bootleg

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing bootleg

Popular nouns described by bootleg

Words that often appear near bootleg

Rhymes of bootleg

Invented words related to bootleg

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux