Definitions
1.verbTo reserve (something) for future use."I can book tickets for the concert next week."
2.verbTo write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book."They booked that message from the hill"
3.verb(law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action."The police booked him for driving too fast."
4.verbTo issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
5.verbTo travel very fast."He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap."
6.verbTo record bets as bookmaker.
7.verb(law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class."The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class."
8.verbTo leave."He was here earlier, but he booked."
9.nounThe act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
10.nounA reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel.
11.nounThe engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
12.nounThe issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
13.nounThe process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.