Definitions for the word, bolt

(adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

(n.) A bundle, as of oziers.

(n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

(n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.

(n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

(n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

(n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.

(n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

(n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.

(v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

(v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

(v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

(v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

(v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

(v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.

(v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

(v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

(v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

(v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

(v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.

(v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.

(v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

(v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

(v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

(v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.


7 words found in the Scrabble word, bolt



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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