Bolt
(n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow |
Bolt
(n.) Lightning |
Bolt
(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. |
Bolt
(n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate |
Bolt
(n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner |
Bolt
(n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. |
Bolt
(n.) A bundle, as of oziers. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To shoot |
Bolt
(v. t.) To utter precipitately |
Bolt
(v. t.) To swallow without chewing |
Bolt
(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. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth |
Bolt
(v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters |
Bolt
(v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow |
Bolt
(v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. |
Bolt
(v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path |
Bolt
(v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(adv.) In the manner of a bolt |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden spring or start |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. |
Bolt
(v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter |
Bolt
(v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting |
Bolt
(v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. |
Bolt
(n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal |
Glass-rope
(n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
Guess rope
() A guess warp. |
Guest rope
() The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. |
Rope
(n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage. |
Rope
(n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc. |
Rope
(n.) The small intestines |
Rope
(v. i.) To be formed into rope |
Rope
(v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord |
Rope
(v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. |
Rope
(v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something |
Rope
(v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse). |
Rope
(v. t.) To draw, as with a rope |
Rope
(v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. |
Rope's-end
(v. t.) To punish with a rope's end. |
Rope-yarn
(n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made. |
Top-rope
(n.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes. |
Wrain-bolt
(n.) Same as Wringbolt. |
| bolt | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
| rope-a-dope | a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches |
| jump rope | a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope |
| dash bolt | the act of moving with great haste, he made a dash for the door |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
| bolt | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
| bolt deadbolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| bolt | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
| bolt | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
| bolt cutter | an implement for cutting bolts |
| carriage bolt | a roundheaded bolt for timber, threaded along part of the shank, inserted into holes already drilled |
| expansion bolt | a bolt that has an attachment that expands as the bolt is driven into a surface |
| guide rope | a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
hangman's rope
hangman's halter
halter hemp
hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
jump rope
skip rope
skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
lag screw
lag bolt | a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench |
| machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
| nut and bolt | a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt |
R-
Mexican valium
rophy
rope roofy
roach forget me drug
circle | street names for flunitrazepan |
| ridge rope | either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship |
| rope | a strong line |
| rope bridge | a bridge consisting of ropes |
| rope ladder | a ladder with side pieces of rope |
| rope tow | a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto |
ropewalk
rope yard | workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made |
| rope yarn | the strands out of which ropes are made |
safety bolt
safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
| stove bolt | a small machine bolt |
| toggle bolt | a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle, used to fasten objects to hollow walls |
towline
towrope
towing line
towing rope | (nautical) a rope used in towing |
| bolt-hole | a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den |
ropemaker
rope-maker
roper | a craftsman who makes ropes |
thunderbolt
bolt
bolt of lightning | a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
| rope burn | abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope |
| bolt | make or roll into bolts, bolt fabric |
| rope in | draw in as if with a rope, lure, The agent had roped in several customers |
gobble
bolt | eat hastily without proper chewing, Don't bolt your food! |
garbage down
gobble up
shovel in
bolt down | eat a large amount of food quickly, The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake |
toss off
pop bolt down belt down
pour down
down
drink down
kill | drink down entirely, He downed three martinis before dinner, She killed a bottle of brandy that night, They popped a few beer after work |
| bolt | swallow hastily |
rope
leash | fasten with a rope, rope the bag securely |
| rope up | attach to one another, for safety, The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent |
| bolt | secure or lock with a bolt, bolt the door |
rope in
rope off
cordon off | divide by means of a rope, The police roped off the area where the crime occurred |
lasso
rope | catch with a lasso, rope cows |
rappel
abseil
rope down | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside, The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous, You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing |
| bolt | move or jump suddenly, She bolted from her seat |
run off run out bolt bolt out
beetle off | 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 |
abscond
bolt absquatulate
decamp run off go off
make 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 |