bolt
English
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Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlt, -ɒlt
Etymology 1
From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”).[1] Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti.
Noun
bolt (plural bolts)
- 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.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- 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.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- 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.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 20
- Not only were the old sails being mended, but new sails were coming on board, and bolts of canvas, and coils of rigging; in short, everything betokened that the ship’s preparations were hurrying to a close.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 20
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- The horse made a bolt.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (Can we date this quote by Compton Reade and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America — or anywhere.
- (Can we date this quote by Compton Reade and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
- He shall to prison, and there die in boults.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
- Away with him to prison! Lay bolts enough upon him:
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2019:
- In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thomas Müller flat-footed in a wide position.
Derived terms
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See also
Verb
bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- Bolt the vice to the bench.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- Bolt the door.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 24
- If that double-bolted land, Japan, is ever to become hospitable, it is the whale-ship alone to whom the credit will be due; for already she is on the threshold.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
- The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.
- (Can we date this quote by Drayton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, […] / And oft out of a bush doth bolt.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- to bolt a rabbit
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads.
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- (intransitive) To escape.
- (intransitive, botany) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
- Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.
- 1995, Anne Raver, “Gandhi Gardening”, in Deep in the Green: An Exploration of Country Pleasures, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN:
- To be honest, this hasn't been my Garden of Eden year. […] The lettuce turned bitter and bolted. The Green Comet broccoli was good, but my coveted Romanescos never headed up.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, ch 11, p 362:
- Some hawks and owls bolt their prey whole, and after an interval of from twelve to twenty hours disgorge pellets.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, ch 11, p 362:
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments.
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Adverb
bolt (not comparable)
- Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
- The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.
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- [He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.
References
Etymology 2
From Middle English bulten, from Anglo-Norman buleter, Old French bulter (modern French bluter), from a Germanic source originally meaning "bag, pouch" cognate with Middle High German biuteln (“to sift”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch buidel.
Verb
bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- Graham flour is unbolted flour.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jacob to this entry?)
Derived terms
Noun
bolt (plural bolts)
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From Low German bolt
Noun
bolt c (singular definite bolten, plural indefinite bolte)
- a bolt (threaded)
Derived terms
- bolte (verb)
Related terms
- skrue (screw or bolt)
Etymology 2
Verb
bolt (imperative bolt, present tense bolter, passive boltes, simple past and past participle bolta or boltet, present participle boltende)
- imperative of bolte
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian volta (“vault”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bolt (plural boltok)
- shop, store (especially applied to relatively small shops in the countryside)
- Synonyms: üzlet, áruház, kereskedés, árus, (the latter mostly in compounds) [Term?]
- vault
- Synonyms: boltozat, boltív, bolthajtás
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bolt | boltok |
accusative | boltot | boltokat |
dative | boltnak | boltoknak |
instrumental | bolttal | boltokkal |
causal-final | boltért | boltokért |
translative | bolttá | boltokká |
terminative | boltig | boltokig |
essive-formal | boltként | boltokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | boltban | boltokban |
superessive | bolton | boltokon |
adessive | boltnál | boltoknál |
illative | boltba | boltokba |
sublative | boltra | boltokra |
allative | bolthoz | boltokhoz |
elative | boltból | boltokból |
delative | boltról | boltokról |
ablative | bolttól | boltoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
bolté | boltoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
boltéi | boltokéi |
Possessive forms of bolt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | boltom | boltjaim |
2nd person sing. | boltod | boltjaid |
3rd person sing. | boltja | boltjai |
1st person plural | boltunk | boltjaink |
2nd person plural | boltotok | boltjaitok |
3rd person plural | boltjuk | boltjaik |
Hyponyms
- See also the compound words containing -bolt with the sense of a shop [store] below.
Derived terms
(Note: Most compounds with üzlet as an affix in the sense of ’shop, store’ can be expressed with bolt.)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Low German bolt
Noun
bolt m (definite singular bolten, indefinite plural bolter, definite plural boltene)
- a bolt (threaded)
Derived terms
- bolte (verb)
Related terms
- skrue (screw or bolt)
Etymology 2
Verb
bolt
- imperative of bolte
References
- “bolt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Low German bolt
Noun
bolt m (definite singular bolten, indefinite plural boltar, definite plural boltane)
- a bolt (threaded)
Derived terms
- bolte (verb)
Related terms
- skrue (screw or bolt)
References
- “bolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”).[1] Akin to Dutch bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.
Pronunciation
Noun
bolt m
Declension
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- en:Fasteners
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- en:Locks
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