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bolt

UK /bɒlt/US /boʊlt/

noun16

  1. a rod that has a wide head and a screw thread, is usually made of metal, and fastens things together when it goes through a hole in them and a nut is turned onto it
  2. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  4. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
  5. A sudden event, action or emotion.
  6. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
  7. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  8. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
  9. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
  10. The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
  11. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  12. A burst of speed or efficiency.
  13. A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
  14. (US) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  15. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  16. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

verb16

  1. To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
  2. To escape.
  3. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
  4. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
  5. (figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
  6. To secure a bolt or bolts; to lock using a bolt.
  7. To swallow food without chewing it.
  8. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
  9. To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
  10. (US) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
  11. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
  12. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  13. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  14. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
  15. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  16. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

adverb1

  1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
forms

bolted · bolting · bolteth · bolts · boltest

Phrases with bolt

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