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Boost or boosting may refer to:

Science, technology and mathematics

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Films

  • Boost (film), a 2017 Canadian film directed by Darren Curtis
  • The Boost, a 1988 drama film directed by Harold Becker

Music

  • Boost (music), tossing a person in the air to begin crowd surfing

Brands and enterprises

Food and drinks

Other uses

  • Boost, a slang term meaning steal or shoplift
  • Boosting (doping), a form of doping used by athletes with a spinal cord injury
  • Boost, a slang in the Italian-American community for a cash gift in an envelope given at affairs such as weddings and funerals to help cover the cost. "Boost" is a play on the Italian word boosta, meaning "envelope".

See also