| boo | (verb) show displeasure, as after a performance or speech | Synonyms: hiss |
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| boob | (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, drop the ball, goof, sin |
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| boogie | (verb) dance to boogie music | - |
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| book | (verb) engage for a performance | - |
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| (verb) record a charge in a police register | - |
| (verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: hold, reserve |
| (verb) register in a hotel booker | - |
| boom | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: expand, flourish, thrive |
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| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: blast, nail, smash |
| (verb) make a resonant sound, like artillery | Synonyms: din |
| (verb) make a deep hollow sound | Synonyms: boom out |
| (verb) be the case that thunder is being heard | Synonyms: thunder |
| boomerang | (verb) return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang | - |
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| boondoggle | (verb) do useless, wasteful, or trivial work | - |
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| boost | (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, supercharge |
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| (verb) give a boost to; be beneficial to | - |
| (verb) push or shove upward, as if from below or behind | - |
| (verb) increase | Synonyms: hike, hike up |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, encourage, further, promote |
| boot | (verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | Synonyms: bring up, reboot |
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| (verb) kick; give a boot to | - |
| bootleg | (verb) produce or distribute illegally | - |
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| (verb) sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol | - |
| bootlick | (verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | Synonyms: fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle |
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| bootstrap | (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
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| booze | (verb) consume alcohol | Synonyms: drink, fuddle, hit the bottle |
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