Anagrams of BOOTSTRAPPED

• To help (oneself) without the aid of others.

• To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.

• To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

• To employ a bootstrap method.

• To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.

• Any of free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, of the suborder Thecosomata, that have winglike lobes on the feet; a sea butterfly.

• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

• present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.

• propose or intend

• put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position

• ask (someone) to marry you

• an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

• hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

• a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

• whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

• tie with a strap

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• sharpen with a strap

• secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

• a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on

• help oneself, often through improvised means

• To establish the legality of (a will).

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

• dance the bebop

• hit hard

• a leather strap used to sharpen razors

• sharpen on a strop