jackboot

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
2. noun The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.

   That country has been under the jackboot of the military for years.

3. verb To stamp on with a jackboot.
4. verb To march in jackboots.

Similar words

wellington boot hessian wellington hessian boot jack boot jack-boot monkey boot jump boot combat boot workboot

Often followed by

of is and on mutiny to cinema in for

Word family

jackboots