Definition of "jackboot" in İngilizce

noun

1. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.

2. (informal, by extension) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.

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

verb

1. (transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.

2. (intransitive) To march in jackboots.