Main entry: bolt
Definition: a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Definition: the act of moving with great haste
Usage: he made a dash for the door
Main entry: bolt
Definition: a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
Definition: the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
Main entry: bolt
Definition: a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
Main entry: bolt
Definition: a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
Main entry: thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning
Definition: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Main entry: bolt
Definition: make or roll into bolts
Usage: bolt fabric
Definition: eat hastily without proper chewing
Usage: Don't bolt your food!
Main entry: bolt
Definition: swallow hastily
Main entry: bolt
Definition: secure or lock with a bolt
Usage: bolt the door
Main entry: bolt
Definition: move or jump suddenly
Usage: She bolted from her seat
Main entry: run off, run out, beetle off, bolt, bolt out
Definition: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Usage: The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas; When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
Main entry: run off, bolt, make off, decamp, go off, abscond, absquatulate
Definition: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Usage: The thief made off with our silver; the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Main entry: stiffly, rigidly, bolt
Definition: in a rigid manner
Usage: the body was rigidly erect; he sat bolt upright
Main entry: bolt, slap, slapdash, smack, bang
Definition: directly
Usage: he ran bang into the pole; ran slap into her