bolt
/boʊlt/noun, verb, adverb1 syllable
Bolt means: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.
Synonyms for bolt20
noun, as in a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
noun, as in the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
noun, as in the act of moving with great haste
verb, as in run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
verb, as in leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
verb, as in eat hastily without proper chewing
adverb, as in in a rigid manner
Opposites of bolt
What does bolt mean?16
verb
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along“The thief made off with our silver”
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry“The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas”
eat hastily without proper chewing“Don't bolt your food!”
move or jump suddenly“She bolted from her seat”
secure or lock with a bolt“bolt the door”
swallow hastily
make or roll into bolts“bolt fabric”
adverb
directly“he ran bang into the pole”
in a rigid manner“the body was rigidly erect”
noun
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
the act of moving with great haste“he made a dash for the door”
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with bolt?5
Bolt in a sentence
- How do you tighten this bolt, to the right or to the left?CK
- Like a bolt of lightning, a haiku struck me this morning, then vanished.halfb1t
- How do you tighten this bolt, clockwise or counterclockwise?CK
- If looks could kill, there would be lightning bolts coming from her eyes.sundown
- If looks could kill, bolts of lightning would be coming from her eyes.sundown
- The news hit me like a bolt from the blue.unknown
- Yanni turned the ratchet to loosen the bolt.Amastan
- The bolt is all the way screwed in.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of bolt
as a noun
- plural
- bolts
as a verb
- past tense
- bolted
- present participle
- bolting
- third-person singular
- bolts
- past participle
- bolted