Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a kicking.

2009

T. Black Gutted 200: The days of me taking this kind of punishment were well over [...] I was risking a booting to end all bootings.

2. (UK black) a murder.

2020

G. Krauze What They Was 70: Burn everything you was wearing when you did the booting [...] including your socks and boxers.