Bolt;
noun
1.
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
2.
the part of a lock that is shot from and drawn back into the case, as by the action of the key.
3.
any of several types of strong fastening rods, pins, or screws, usually threaded to receive a nut.
4.
a sudden dash, run, flight, or escape.
5.
a sudden desertion from a meeting, political party, social movement, etc.
6.
a length of woven goods, especially as it comes on a roll from the loom.
7.
a roll of wallpaper.
verb (used with object)
15.
to fasten with or as with a bolt.
16.
to discontinue support of or participation in; break with:
to bolt a political party.
17.
to shoot or discharge (a missile), as from a crossbow or catapult.
18.
to utter hastily; say impulsively; blurt out.
19.
to swallow (one's food or drink) hurriedly:
She bolted her breakfast and ran to school.
20.
to make (cloth, wallpaper, etc.) into bolts.
21.
Fox Hunting. (of hounds) to force (a fox) into the open.
verb (used without object)
22.
to make a sudden, swift dash, run, flight, or escape; spring away suddenly:
The rabbit bolted into its burrow.
23.
to break away, as from one's political party.
24.
to eat hurriedly or without chewing.
25.
Horticulture. to produce flowers or seeds prematurely.
adverb
26.
Archaic. with sudden meeting or collision; suddenly.
Idioms
27.
bolt from the blue, a sudden and entirely unforeseen event:
His decision to leave college was a bolt from the blue for his parents.
Also, bolt out of the blue.
28.
bolt upright, stiffly upright; rigidly straight:
The explosive sound caused him to sit bolt upright in his chair.
29.
shoot one's bolt, Informal. to make an exhaustive effort or expenditure:
The lawyer shot his bolt the first day of the trial and had little to say thereafter.
Many definitions of the word BOLT. There are others. It's more than a threaded fastener. Notice that one of the uses is for the lock pin in a lockset.
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