Noun
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

Noun
the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"

Noun
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

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the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

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

Noun
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

Noun
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

Verb
make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"

Verb
eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don''t bolt your food!"

Verb
swallow hastily

Verb
secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door"

Verb
move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"

Verb
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"

Verb
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Adverb
in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat bolt upright"

Adverb
directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

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A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.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

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

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

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

v. i.
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.

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

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

v. i.
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

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

v. t.
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.

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

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

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

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Bolt

Bolt , n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.] 1. 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.

Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts.

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

2. Lightning; a thunderbolt. 3. 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. 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. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [Obs.]

Away with him to prison! lay bolts enough upon him.

6. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. 7. A bundle, as of oziers. Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. -- Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above. See Tap bolt, Screw bolt, and Stud bolt.

Bolt

Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.] 1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. 2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments.

3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food. 4. (U. S. Politics) 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. 5. (Sporting) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc. 6. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

Let tenfold iron bolt my door.

Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.

Bolt

Bolt , v. i. 1. 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.

This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt.

2. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads.

3. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted. 4. (U.S. Politics) 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.

Bolt

Bolt, adv. In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.

Bolt upright. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bolt

Bolt, n. [From Bolt, v. i.] 1. A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt. 2. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America -- or anywhere.

3. (U. S. Politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

Bolt

Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr. Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr. L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.] 1. 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.

He now had bolted all the flour.

Ill schooled in bolted language.

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

Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.

3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. Jacob. To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. Chaucer.

This bolts the matter fairly to the bran.

The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran.

Bolt

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

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.

To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

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.

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

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

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.

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