| bolt | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
| dash bolt | the act of moving with great haste, he made a dash for the door |
| 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| bolt deadbolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |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 |
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 |
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 |
| nuts and bolts | detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished |
| bolt-hole | a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den |
thunderbolt
bolt
bolt of lightning | a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
| hexagon | a six-sided polygon |
| regular hexagon | a hexagon with six sides of equal length |
| bolt | make or roll into bolts, bolt fabric |
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 |
| bolt | secure or lock with a bolt, bolt the door |
| 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 |
rigidly
stiffly bolt | in a rigid manner, the body was rigidly erect, he sat bolt upright |
bang
slap
slapdash smack
bolt | directly, he ran bang into the pole, ran slap into her |