Bolt Meaning

There are 16 meaning(s) for word Bolt

Meaning 1 : swallow hastily

Meaning 2 : secure or lock with a bolt

    Example : bolt the door

Meaning 3 : make or roll into bolts

    Example : bolt fabric

Meaning 4 : move or jump suddenly

    Example : She bolted from her seat

Meaning 5 : a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

Meaning 6 : a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

Meaning 7 : a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

Meaning 8 : a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

Meaning 9 : eat hastily without proper chewing

    Example : Don't bolt your food!

    Synonyms : gobble
Meaning 10 : directly

    Synonyms : bang,  slap,  slapdash,  smack
Meaning 11 : leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

    Example : The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas

    Synonyms : beetle off,  bolt out,  run off,  run out
Meaning 12 : run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

    Synonyms : abscond,  absquatulate,  decamp,  go off,  make off,  run off
Meaning 13 : the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

    Synonyms : deadbolt
Meaning 14 : the act of moving with great haste

    Synonyms : dash
Meaning 15 : in a rigid manner

    Example : he sat bolt upright

    Synonyms : rigidly,  stiffly
Meaning 16 : a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

    Synonyms : bolt of lightning,  thunderbolt

Bolt Antonyms

How to Pronounce Bolt

  • boʊlt