bolt
Meaning of bolt
noun
- a bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.
- a short, heavy arrow shot from a crossbow.
- a jagged white flash of lightning.
- fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.
all the doors were locked and bolted
Old English, ‘arrow’, of unknown origin; related to Dutch bout and German Bolzen ‘arrow, bolt for a door’.
verb- (of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.
the horses shied and bolted
- eat (food) quickly.
there's no need to bolt your food
Middle English: from bolt1, expressing the sense ‘fly like an arrow’.
noun- a roll of fabric, originally as a measure.
the room was stacked with bolts of cloth
- a folded edge of a piece of paper that is trimmed off to allow it to be opened, as on a section of a book.
Middle English: transferred use of bolt1.
verb
pass (flour, powder, or other material) through a sieve.
Middle English: from Old French bulter, of unknown ultimate origin. The change in the first syllable was due to association with bolt1.
Information about bolt
- The plural form of bolt is: bolts.
- Languages in which bolt is used:
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Hyphenation of bolt
bolt
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- bolt is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bolt synonyms
Meaning thunderbolt:
Meaning deadbolt:
Meaning dash:
Meaning abscond:
Meaning gobble:
Meaning rigidly:
Meaning bang:
Meaning a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon:
Meaning a mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key:
Meaning a device for securing something such as a door, window, or box:
Meaning a metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate:
Meaning a device that closes or secures something:
Meaning a slotted hinged metal plate forming part of a fastening for a door or lid, fitted over a loop and secured by a pin or padlock:
Meaning a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc:
Meaning a weapon consisting of a thin, straight stick with a sharp point, designed to be shot from a bow:
Meaning a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good term:
Meaning a small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired:
Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:
Meaning an object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon:
Meaning a missile designed to be fired from a gun:
Meaning a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground:
Meaning a sudden brief burst of bright light:
Meaning a long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings:
Meaning an instance of breaking or splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion:
Meaning the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police:
Meaning a sudden brief burst of bright flame or light:
Meaning an expression of vehement protest:
Meaning lightning; thunderbolts:
Meaning close or do up securely:
Meaning make (a door or container) hard to open; fasten or lock:
Meaning fasten or close securely:
Meaning swallow (drink or food) quickly or in large mouthfuls, often audibly:
Meaning devour (food) greedily:
Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:
Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:
Meaning eat up (food) quickly:
Meaning knock or bring to the ground:
Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:
Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:
Meaning eat a large amount of (food) greedily:
Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):
Meaning swallow (something) greedily:
Meaning a cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding:
Meaning a cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound:
Meaning a cylindrical device on which film, magnetic tape, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound; a reel:
Meaning a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together:
Meaning a large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton:
Meaning an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post:
Meaning a paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold:
Meaning the amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement:
Meaning a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent:
bolt antonyms
Meaning open (a door or window) by drawing back a bolt:
Meaning move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision:
Translation of bolt
- German: Bolzen
- Italian: bullone, fuggire
- Spanish: perno, escaparse
- French: boulon
- Portuguese: perno, cavilha, parafuso
Anagrams of bolt
Words that rhyme with bolt
Bolt, Dabolt, Labolt, deadbolt, handbolt, DeBolt, Odebolt, drivebolt, eyebolt, firebolt, rebolt, dogbolt, dragbolt, hagbolt, kingbolt, ragbolt, ringbolt, wringbolt, fishbolt, linchbolt, hackbolt, shackbolt, trainbolt, unbolt, wrainbolt, upbolt, adderbolt, burbolt, dunderbolt, thunderbolt, crossbolt, driftbolt, setbolt, Newbolt, drawbolt, Skybolt, baybolt, staybolt
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