bolt

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.

2. 2noun

   Lightning; a thunderbolt.

3. 3noun

   A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.

4. 4noun

   A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

5. 5noun

   An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

6. 6noun

   A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

7. 7noun

   A bundle, as of oziers.

8. 8transitive verb

   To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

9. 9transitive verb

   To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

10. 10transitive verb

    To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

11. 11transitive verb

    To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.

12. 12transitive verb

    To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

13. 13transitive verb

    To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

18. 18adverb

    In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

19. 19intransitive verb

    A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

20. 20intransitive verb

    A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

21. 21intransitive verb

    A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

22. 22transitive verb

    To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

23. 23transitive verb

    To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.

24. 24transitive verb

    To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

25. 25noun

    A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

26. 26noun

    a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

27. 27noun

    the act of moving with great haste

    "he made a dash for the door"

    Synonyms

    dash
28. 28noun

    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

29. 29noun

    the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

30. 30noun

    a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

31. 31noun

    a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

32. 32noun

    a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

    Synonyms

    thunderbolt
33. 33verb

    make or roll into bolts

    "bolt fabric"

34. 34verb

    eat hastily without proper chewing

    "Don't bolt your food!"

    Synonyms

    gobble
35. 35verb

    swallow hastily

36. 36verb

    secure or lock with a bolt

    "bolt the door"

37. 37verb

    move or jump suddenly

    "She bolted from her seat"

38. 38verb

    leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

    "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"

    "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

39. 39verb

    run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

    "The thief made off with our silver"

    "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

    Synonyms

    abscondabsquatulatedecamp
40. 40adverb

    in a rigid manner

    "the body was rigidly erect"

    "he sat bolt upright"

    Synonyms

    rigidlystiffly
41. 41adverb

    directly

    "he ran bang into the pole"

    "ran slap into her"

    Synonyms

    bangslapslapdashsmack