bolt

bolt has 41 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
• n.. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
• n.. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
• n.. A bundle, as of oziers.
• v. t.. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
• v. t.. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
• v. t.. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.