bolting

Meaning of bolting

noun

the action of driving long metal pins into a rock face so that ropes can be attached to them.

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. (of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.
    the horses shied and bolted
  2. eat (food) quickly.
    there's no need to bolt your food

Middle English: from bolt1, expressing the sense ‘fly like an arrow’.

verb, gerund or present participle

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 bolting

  • The plural form of bolting is: boltings.
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Hyphenation of bolting

bolt-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • bolting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bolting synonyms

Meaning eat (something) hurriedly and noisily:

gobble

Meaning swallow (drink or food) quickly or in large mouthfuls, often audibly:

gulp

Meaning devour (food) greedily:

wolf

Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:

guzzle

Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:

devour

Meaning eat up (food) quickly:

demolish

Meaning knock or bring to the ground:

down

Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:

murder

Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:

shift

Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:

gollop

Meaning eat a large amount of (food) greedily:

gorb

Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):

inhale

Meaning swallow (something) greedily:

ingurgitate

Anagrams of bolting

biltong, botling

Words that rhyme with bolting

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