Definitions for Bolt

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Bolt bolt

Spelling: [bohlt]

IPA: /boʊlt/

Bolt is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in Bolt (blot).

Definitions for Bolt

noun

1. a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
2. the part of a lock that is shot from and drawn back into the case, as by the action of the key.
3. any of several types of strong fastening rods, pins, or screws, usually threaded to receive a nut.
4. a sudden dash, run, flight, or escape.
5. a sudden desertion from a meeting, political party, social movement, etc.
6. a length of woven goods, especially as it comes on a roll from the loom.
7. a roll of wallpaper.
8. Bookbinding. the three edges of a folded sheet that must be cut so that the leaves can be opened.
9. a rod, bar, or plate that closes the breech of a breechloading rifle, especially a sliding rod or bar that shoves a cartridge into the firing chamber as it closes the breech.
10. a jet of water, molten glass, etc.
11. an arrow, especially a short, heavy one for a crossbow.
12. a shaft of lightning; thunderbolt.
13. a length of timber to be cut into smaller pieces.
14. a slice from a log, as a short, round piece of wood used for a chopping block.

Idioms

1. bolt from the blue, a sudden and entirely unforeseen event: Also, bolt out of the blue.
2. bolt upright, stiffly upright; rigidly straight:
3. shoot one's bolt, Informal. to make an exhaustive effort or expenditure:

adverb

1. Archaic. with sudden meeting or collision; suddenly.

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten with or as with a bolt.
2. to discontinue support of or participation in; break with:
3. to shoot or discharge (a missile), as from a crossbow or catapult.
4. to utter hastily; say impulsively; blurt out.
5. to swallow (one's food or drink) hurriedly:
6. to make (cloth, wallpaper, etc.) into bolts.
7. Fox Hunting. (of hounds) to force (a fox) into the open.
8. to sift through a cloth or sieve.
9. to examine or search into, as if by sifting.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a sudden, swift dash, run, flight, or escape; spring away suddenly:
2. to break away, as from one's political party.
3. to eat hurriedly or without chewing.
4. Horticulture. to produce flowers or seeds prematurely.

Origin of Bolt

before 1000; Middle English (noun, v., and adv.), Old English (noun), cognate with Dutch bout, German Bolz

Examples for Bolt

Talk-show host Laura Ingraham suggested that the governor was preparing to bolt the GOP.

But for once we see something new: The singer reloads the bolt of his machine-gun in time with the music.

Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.

Stand aside, Arnaud, lest you find a bolt through your gizzard.

I pray you to speed a bolt against yonder shield with all your force.

Right now Jamaica is about Bob Marley, then Bobsled and now it is bolt.

The bolt shown did not happen to suit, and the strangers again left us.

The Governor won't be here for half an hour; bolt the door and have it out.

One had already been slain by a bolt, so that there were but four upon their feet.

But when member organizations started to bolt, the WCF finally caved.