bolt

Definitions of bolt in various dictionaries:

noun - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

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

noun - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

noun - the act of moving with great haste

noun - a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

noun - a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

noun - a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

verb - move or jump suddenly

verb - secure or lock with a bolt

verb - swallow hastily

verb - run away

verb - leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

verb - eat hastily without proper chewing

verb - make or roll into bolts

adv - in a rigid manner

adv - directly

A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.

A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.

A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.

A sliding metal bar that positions the cartridge in breechloading rifles, closes the breech, and ejects the spent cartridge.

A similar device in any breech mechanism.

A short, heavy arrow with a thick head, used especially with a crossbow.

A flash of lightning; a thunderbolt.

A sudden or unexpected event: The an noun cement was a veritable bolt.

A sudden movement toward or away.

A large roll of cloth of a definite length, especially as it comes from the loom.

To secure or lock with or as if with a bolt.

To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.

To eat (food) hurriedly and with little chewing; gulp.

To desert or withdraw support from (a political party).

To utter impulsively; blurt.

To shoot or discharge (a missile, such as an arrow).

To move or spring suddenly.

To start suddenly and run away: The horse bolted at the sound of the shot.

To break away from a political party or its policies.

To flower or produce seeds prematurely or develop a flowering stem from a rosette.

verb - to pass through a sieve (a utensil for separating the coarse parts from the fine parts of loose matter)