bolt
bohlt
- n a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- n a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- n the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- n the act of moving with great haste
- n a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- n a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- n a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- v move or jump suddenly
She bolted from her seat - v secure or lock with a bolt
bolt the door - v swallow hastily
- v run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- v leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas - v eat hastily without proper chewing
Don't bolt your food! - v make or roll into bolts
bolt fabric - r in a rigid manner
he sat bolt upright - r directly
- After young Hobbs, using a heated anchor bolt, branded Sylvia with the numeral 3, she said: "There's nothing I can do.
- For example, the Greek word for "stumbling block," which is used to describe the crucified Christ in Corinthians I, once meant "bolt," which leads Allegro to connect it with the .
- From the cerulean empyrean a bolt.