bolt

Mane (English)

Noun

1. 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.
2. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
3. 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 door(s) from being forced open.
4. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
5. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
6. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
7. A sudden event, action or emotion.
8. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
9. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
10. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
11. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
12. A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
13. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
14. A burst of speed or efficiency.
15. A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).

Verb

1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
2. To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
3. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
4. To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
5. To escape.
6. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
7. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
8. To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
9. To swallow food without chewing it.
10. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
11. To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
12. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

Adv

Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Verb

1. To sift, especially through a cloth.
2. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
3. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
4. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

Synonyms

latch

bar

lock

🔒

screw

dash

💨

dart

🎯

run off

thunderbolt

gobble

hasp

pin

fly

✈️

run

rush

flash

lightning

roll

guzzle

speed

sprint

fasten

crossbar

stiffly

beetle off

bolt of lightning

gulp

rigidly

close

run out

scoot

bolt out

shut

slap

catch

abscond

gorge

scarf out

swallow whole

raven

gudgeon

deadbolt

secure

bang

rivet

charge

shoot

stampede

run away

break

slapdash

spiral

slot

sift

cram

drink

🥤

smack

hook

🪝

wolf down

make off

flee

absquatulate

padlock

decamp

bound

tear

devour

go off

race

scud

scurry

shake off

skedaddle

slat

snack

spool

staple

start

storm

stud

swallow

take off

tensely

thumbscrew

cut and run

twine

wedge

wolf

🐺

woodenly

worm

🪱

zip

zoom

anchor arm

breechblock

door bolt

door latch

gulp down

have a bite

take flight

take to flight

blunt arrow

convulate

shovel in

squeak by

squeak through

breech bolt

wooden bolt

be routed

breech-block

breech closer

cannonball along

garbage down

thrust ahead

locking bolt

anchor rod

anchor tie

screw bolt

threaded bolt

roof bolt

screw-bolt

anchor stock

swallow without masticating

fastening pin cotter pin

bolt support

gunjet lock

ornement

take to one's heels

appropriate

arrow

barge

beat a retreat

bobbin

bolt down

book

📖

break away

break loose

bunk

burst

career

ceremoniously

clincher

clog up

clunk

coil

confine

coop up

crimp

cylinder

deck

defect

down

eat

🍽️

elude

embezzle

entwine

escape

fall away

fastener

fastening

flare

flare-up

flashing

gallop

get away

gobble up

guttle

hightail it

hurdle

hurtle

interlace

interlock

jump

key

🔑

lam

lance

lap

leap

lightning bolt

locker

lock up

loop

➿

lunge

nut

onrush

pig out

polish off

priggishly

rat

🐀

reel

riddle

roller

scarper

scramble

screen

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/bɒlt/

Etîmolojî (English)

Inherited from Middle English: bolt

Inherited from Old English: bolt

Cognate with lîtwanî: beldu

Cognate with almanî: Bolz

Cognate with danmarkî: bolt

Cognate with swêdî: bult

Cognate with îzlendî: bolti

Cognate with fransî: bluter

Cognate with Middle High German: biuteln

Cognate with holendî: buidel

In summary

From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti.