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| 1. | [ verb ] secure or lock with a bolt | |
| Examples: | "bolt the door" |
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| Related terms: | unbolt lock | |
| 2. | [ verb ] move or jump suddenly | |
| Examples: | : "She bolted from her seat" |
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| Related terms: | move dash | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (physics,electricity) a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | |
| Synonyms: | bolt_of_lightning thunderbolt | |
| Related terms: | lightning | |
| 4. | [ verb ] swallow hastily | |
| Related terms: | swallow | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (arms) a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | |
| Related terms: | bar rifle | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] in a rigid manner | |
| Synonyms: | rigidly stiffly | |
| Examples: | "the body was rigidly erect" "he sat bolt upright" |
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| Related terms: | rigid rigid rigid | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | |
| Synonyms: | deadbolt | |
| Related terms: | bar safety_bolt lock | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the act of moving with great haste | |
| Synonyms: | dash | |
| Examples: | "he made a dash for the door" |
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| Related terms: | haste | |
| 9. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4034 | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | |
| Related terms: | roll | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (food) eat hastily without proper chewing | |
| Synonyms: | gobble | |
| Examples: | "Don't bolt your food!" |
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| Related terms: | eat gobble_up gobbler | |
| 12. | [ verb ] run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | |
| Synonyms: | go_off run_off absquatulate decamp abscond | |
| Related terms: | flee levant abscondment absconder | |
| 13. | [ verb ] leave suddenly and as if in a hurry | |
| Synonyms: | run_out run_off bolt_out beetle_off | |
| Examples: | "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas" "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
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| Related terms: | leave | |
| 14. | [ adverb ] (informal) directly | |
| Synonyms: | bang smack slapdash slap | |
| Examples: | "he ran bang into the pole" "ran slap into her" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism | |
| 15. | [ verb ] make or roll into bolts | |
| Examples: | "bolt fabric" |
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| Related terms: | roll_up | |
| 16. | [ noun ] a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | |
| Related terms: | screw stove_bolt expansion_bolt machine_bolt carriage_bolt kingbolt nut_and_bolt shank head | |
| 17. | [ noun ] a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | |
| Related terms: | abandonment politics | |
| Similar spelling: |
bolti Bolte Boldt bolete boiled bold |
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