Definition of bolt Bolt
/bowˈlt/ - [bowlt] - bolt
We found 67 definitions of bolt from 10 different sources.
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What does bolt mean?
WordNet
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| bolt - a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | ||
| screw a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | ||
| nut and bolt a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt | ||
| carriage bolt a roundheaded bolt for timber; threaded along part of the shank; inserted into holes already drilled | ||
| clinch (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily | ||
| expansion bolt a bolt that has an attachment that expands as the bolt is driven into a surface | ||
| head a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" | ||
| kingbolt, swivel pin, kingpin bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | ||
| machine bolt a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end; tightened with a wrench; used to connect metal parts | ||
| shank a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball | ||
| bolt - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | ||
| deadbolt | ||
| bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" | ||
| lock any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | ||
| bolt - a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | ||
| desertion, forsaking, abandonment withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" | ||
| political science, government, politics the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" | ||
| bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | ||
| bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" | ||
| bolt - a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | ||
| bolt - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" | ||
| dash | ||
| rushing, haste, hurry, rush the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" | ||
| bolt - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | ||
| thunderbolt, bolt of lightning | ||
Verb |
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| bolt - secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door" | ||
| unbolt undo the bolt of; "unbolt the door" | ||
| lock become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" | ||
| bolt - move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| bolt - make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric" | ||
| furl, roll up form a cylinder by rolling; "roll up a banner" | ||
| bolt - swallow hastily | ||
| get down, swallow take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" | ||
| bolt - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" | ||
| abscond, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off | ||
| flee, take flight, fly run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" | ||
| levant run off without paying a debt | ||
| bolt - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" | ||
| gobble | ||
| eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
| garbage down, gobble up, bolt down, shovel in eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake" | ||
| bolt - 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" | ||
| run off, run out, bolt out, beetle off | ||
| go forth, go away, leave leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bolt (Noun)
A usually metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw . - bolt (Noun)
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. - bolt (Noun)
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the doors from being forced open. - bolt (Noun)
A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm. - bolt (Noun)
A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow. - bolt (Noun)
A lightning spark, i. e. , a lightning bolt. - bolt (Noun)
A sudden event, action or emotion. - bolt (Noun)
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. - bolt (Noun)
The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards. - bolt (Noun)
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. - bolt (Verb)
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. - bolt (Verb)
To secure a door by locking or barring it. - bolt (Verb)
To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly. - bolt (Verb)
To escape. - bolt (Verb)
Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed. - bolt (Verb)
To swallow food without chewing it. - bolt (Verb)
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink. - bolt (Verb)
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour. - bolt (Verb)
To sift, especially through a cloth.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bolt (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. - bolt (n.)
Lightning; a thunderbolt. - bolt (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. - bolt (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. - bolt (n.)
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. - bolt (n.)
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. - bolt (n.)
A bundle, as of oziers. - bolt (v. t.)
To shoot; to discharge or drive forth. - bolt (v. t.)
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. - bolt (v. t.)
To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food. - bolt (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. - bolt (v. t.)
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc. - bolt (v. t.)
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain. - bolt (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. - bolt (v. i.)
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. - bolt (v. i.)
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted. - bolt (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. - bolt (adv.)
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. - bolt (v. i.)
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt. - bolt (v. i.)
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. - bolt (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. - bolt (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. - bolt (v. t.)
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out. - bolt (v. t.)
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. - bolt (n.)
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bolt
To leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bolt
bōlt, n. a bar or pin used to fasten a door, &c.: an arrow: a thunderbolt, as in 'a bolt from the blue.'—v.t. to fasten with a bolt: to throw or utter precipitately: to expel suddenly: to swallow hastily.—v.i. to rush away (like a bolt from a bow): to start up: (U.S.) to break away from one's political party.—ns. Bolt′-head, the head of a bolt: a chemical flask; Bolt′-rope, a rope sewed all round the edge of a sail to prevent it from tearing; Bolt′sprit (same as Bowsprit).—adv. Bolt′-up′right, upright and straight as a bolt or arrow.—n. Bolt′-up′rightness. [A.S. bolt; Old High Ger. bolz.] -
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bōlt, v.t. (better spelling, Boult), to sift, to separate the bran from, as flour: to examine by sifting: to sift through coarse cloth.—ns. Bolt′er, a sieve: a machine for separating bran from flour; Bolt′ing, the process by which anything is bolted or sifted; Bolt′ing-hutch, a hutch or large box into which flour falls when it is bolted. [O. Fr. bulter, or buleter = bureter, from bure—Low L. burra, a coarse reddish-brown cloth—Gr. pyrros, reddish.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bolt
A cylindrical pin of iron or copper to unite the different parts of a vessel, varied in form according to the places where they are required. In ship-building square ones are used in frame-fastening; the heads of all bolts are round, saucer, or collared.--Bolt of the irons, which runs through three pairs of shackles.--Drift or drive-bolts are used to drive out others.--Bay-bolts, have jags or barbs on each side, to keep them from flying out of their holes.--Clench-bolts are clenched with rivetting hammers.--Fend or fender bolts, made with long and thick heads, and struck into the outermost bends of the ship, to save her sides from bruises.--Forelock-bolts have at the end a forelock of iron driven in, to keep them from starting back.--Set-bolts are used for forcing the planks, and bringing them close together.--Ring-bolts are used for the bringing to of the planks, and those parts whereto are fastened the breeches and tackle of the guns.--Scarp-bolts and keel-bolts, pointed, not clinched, used for false keel or temporary purposes.--Bringing-to bolts, fitted with an eye at one end, and a nut and screw at the other, for bringing to the ends at the stem, &c.--To bolt, to start off, to run away.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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A pointed shaft or missile intended to be shot from a cross-bow or catapult; an arrow; a dart. -
bolt
See ORDNANCE, CARRIAGES FOR, NOMENCLATURE OF ARTILLERY CARRIAGE.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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bolt
A blunt arrow.
Wikipedia 
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movie
Bolt is an animated movie that was be released on November 21, 2008, and is Disney's 47th animated feature. It stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Holt, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson, Greg Germann, Susie Essman, and Mark Walton. The movie is rated PG by the MPAA for some mild action and peril. The movie is Miley Cyrus's first movie to be rated PG, while her first two movies, "Big Fish" was rated PG-13 and "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" was rated G. This was also be Walt Disney Pictures' first computer-animated film to be rated PG since 2000's "Dinosaur". A sneak-peak of "Bolt" was shown on "Beverly Hills Chihuahua".
The story.
The movie is about a dog named Bolt who is on a TV show and thinks he has super powers, but finds out that they are fake.
Making.
The original name of the movie was going to be "American Dog", but Pixar's John Lasseter changed this as well as many other things about the movie. He has also canceled many other projects for Disney, including "The Arisocats 2" and "Dumbo II". The look of the movie was inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and the cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. As in "Rapunzel", new technology in non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) will to be used to give it a special visual appearance. To give the movie's 3D backgrounds a hand-painted look, the company artists used new patented technology designed specifically for the movie. The design of Rhino in his plastic ball was
