Definitions for bolt-action

bolt-action bolt-ac·tion

Spelling: [bohlt-ak-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈboʊltˌæk ʃən/

Bolt-Action is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 460 anagrams from letters in bolt-action (-abcilnoott).

Definitions for bolt-action

adjective

  1. (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.

Origin of bolt-action

First recorded in 1870-75

Examples for bolt-action

This would force people to use only bolt-action rifles, pistols, and shotguns.

Chassepot, shas′po, n. the kind of bolt-action breechloading rifle adopted by the French army in 1866.

He either used that rifle or a single-shot, bolt-action rifle, another .22 that was out at the farm.

Is it a fair statement on my part that on all the occasions that you recall hunting with Lee he employed a bolt-action rifle?

Word Value for bolt-action
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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