- Bolted
- Bolt Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bolting}.]
1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
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2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. [1913 Webster]
I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used with down. [1913 Webster]
4. (U. S. Politics) 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. [1913 Webster]
5. (Sporting) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc. [1913 Webster]
6. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain. [1913 Webster]
Let tenfold iron bolt my door. --Langhorn. [1913 Webster]
Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.