Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. · To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles. · To steal. · To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb. · Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance. · A coordinate transformation that changes velocity. · A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
Unknown. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”). Possible doublet of boast.
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