bolt

Meaning

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).

latch

bar

beetle off

bolt of lightning

bolt out

scarf out

swallow whole

anchor arm

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

bolt down

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɒlt/

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.