bolt

• (r) in a rigid manner
  • the body was rigidly erect
  • he sat bolt upright
  rigidly, stiffly,
• (r) directly
  • he ran bang into the pole
  • ran slap into her
  bang, slap, smack, slapdash,

Nouns

• (n) a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder bolt of lightning, thunderbolt,
• (n) a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
• (n) the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key deadbolt,
• (n) the act of moving with great haste
  • he made a dash for the door
  dash,
• (n) a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
• (n) a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
• (n) a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

Verbs

• (v) move or jump suddenly
  • She bolted from her seat
• (v) secure or lock with a bolt
  • bolt the door
• (v) swallow hastily
• (v) 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
  abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp,
• (v) 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
  beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out,
• (v) eat hastily without proper chewing
  • Don't bolt your food!
  gobble,
• (v) make or roll into bolts
  • bolt fabric

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Words of close approximity