Definition of Bolt

Noun

• a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
  
• a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
  
• a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
  
• the act of moving with great haste
  "he made a dash for the door"
  dash
• the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
  deadbolt
• a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
  
• a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
  thunderbolt - bolt of lightning

Verb

• make or roll into bolts
  "bolt fabric"
  
• eat hastily without proper chewing
  "Don't bolt your food!"
  gobble
• leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"
  "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
  - run off - run out - bolt out - beetle off
• run away
  usually includes taking something or somebody along
  "The thief made off with our silver"
  "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
  abscond absquatulate decamp - run off - go off - make off
• swallow hastily
  
• secure or lock with a bolt
  "bolt the door"
  
• move or jump suddenly
  "She bolted from her seat"
  

Adverb

• directly
  "he ran bang into the pole"
  "ran slap into her"
  bang slap slapdash smack
• in a rigid manner
  "the body was rigidly erect"
  "he sat bolt upright"
  rigidly stiffly

Word games points for the Bolt

• Scrabble® score of the bolt (6)
• Word Chums® score of the bolt (8)
• Words With Friends® score of the bolt (8)

Unscramble bolt

9 unscramble word found using the letters bolt.

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