Boltnoun
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.
Bootnoun
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
Boltnoun
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
Bootnoun
(sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
Boltnoun
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.
Bootnoun
A blow with the foot; a kick.
Boltnoun
A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
Bootnoun
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
Boltnoun
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.
Bootnoun
A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
Boltnoun
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
Bootnoun
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
Boltnoun
A sudden event, action or emotion.
âThe problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.â;
Bootnoun
A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraftâs wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
Boltnoun
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
Bootnoun
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
Boltnoun
(nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
Bootnoun
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Boltnoun
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
âThe horse made a bolt.â;
Bootnoun
A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
Boltnoun
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
Bootnoun
The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
Boltnoun
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
Bootnoun
(informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).
Boltnoun
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Bootnoun
unattractive person, ugly woman (usu as "old boot")
Boltnoun
A burst of speed or efficiency.
Bootnoun
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
Boltnoun
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
Bootnoun
(baseball) A bobbled ball.
Boltverb
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
âBolt the vice to the bench.â;
Bootnoun
(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
Boltverb
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
âBolt the door.â;
Bootnoun
remedy, amends
Boltverb
(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
âSeeing the snake, the horse bolted.â; âThe actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.â;
Bootnoun
(uncountable) profit, plunder
Boltverb
(transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
âto bolt a rabbitâ;
Bootnoun
(obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense
Boltverb
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
Bootnoun
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
Boltverb
(intransitive) To escape.
Bootnoun
(obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
Boltverb
Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
âLettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.â;
Bootnoun
(obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.
Boltverb
To swallow food without chewing it.
Bootnoun
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
âIt took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.â;
Boltverb
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
âCome on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!â;
Bootnoun
A bootleg recording.
Boltverb
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
Bootverb
To kick.
âI booted the ball toward my teammate.â;
Boltverb
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
Bootverb
To put boots on, especially for riding.
Boltverb
To sift, especially through a cloth.
Bootverb
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
Boltverb
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
âGraham flour is unbolted flour.â;
Bootverb
(informal) To forcibly eject.
âWe need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possibleâ;
Boltverb
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
Bootverb
To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
Boltverb
(legal) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
Bootverb
(slang) To vomit.
âSorry, I didnât mean to boot all over your couch.â;
Boltadverb
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
âThe soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.â;
Bootverb
To profit, avail, benefit.
Boltnoun
A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.
âLook that the crossbowmen lack not bolts.â; âA fool's bolt is soon shot.â;
Bootverb
To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
Boltnoun
Lightning; a thunderbolt.
Bootverb
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
âWhen arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.â;
Boltnoun
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.
Bootnoun
Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
âHe gaf the sike man his boote.â; âThou art boot for many a bruiseAnd healest many a wound.â; âNext her Son, our soul's best boot.â;
Boltnoun
A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
Bootnoun
That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
âI'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.â;
Boltnoun
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
âAway with him to prison!lay bolts enough upon him.â;
Bootnoun
Profit; gain; advantage; use.
âThen talk no more of flight, it is no boot.â; âHelen, to change, would give an eye to boot.â; âA man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot.â;
Boltnoun
A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
Bootnoun
A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
Boltnoun
A bundle, as of oziers.
Bootnoun
An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
âSo he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg.â;
Boltnoun
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
Bootnoun
A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
Boltnoun
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
âThis gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America - or anywhere.â;
Bootnoun
A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Boltnoun
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
Bootnoun
An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
Boltnoun
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
Bootnoun
The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
Boltverb
To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
Bootnoun
Booty; spoil.
Boltverb
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
âI hate when Vice can bolt her arguments.â;
Bootverb
To profit; to advantage; to avail; - generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
âWhat booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?â; âWhat subduedTo change like this a mind so far imbuedWith scorn of man, it little boots to know.â; âWhat boots to us your victories?â;
Boltverb
To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used with down.
Bootverb
To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
âAnd I will boot thee with what gift besideThy modesty can beg.â;
Boltverb
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.
Bootverb
To put boots on, esp. for riding.
âCoated and booted for it.â;
Boltverb
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
Bootverb
To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
Boltverb
To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
âLet tenfold iron bolt my door.â; âWhich shackles accidents and bolts up change.â;
Bootverb
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boltverb
To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.
âThis Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt.â;
Bootnoun
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
Boltverb
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
âHis cloudless thunder bolted on their heads.â;
Bootnoun
British term for the luggage compartment in a car
Boltverb
To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
Bootnoun
the swift release of a store of affective force;
âthey got a great bang out of itâ; âwhat a boot!â; âhe got a quick rush from injecting heroinâ; âhe does it for kicksâ;
Boltverb
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
Bootnoun
protective casing for something that resembles a leg
Boltverb
To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
âHe now had bolted all the flour.â; âIll schooled in bolted language.â;
Bootnoun
an instrument of torture that is used to crush the foot and leg
Boltverb
To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; - with out.
âTime and nature will bolt out the truth of things.â;
Bootnoun
the act of delivering a blow with the foot;
âhe gave the ball a powerful kickâ; âthe team's kicking was excellentâ;
Boltverb
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
âThis bolts the matter fairly to the bran.â; âThe report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran.â;
Bootverb
kick; give a boot to
Boltadverb
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
â[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.â;
Bootverb
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes;
âboot your computerâ;
Boltnoun
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Bootnoun
a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the lower leg
âa pair of walking bootsâ;
Boltnoun
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
Bootnoun
a covering to protect the lower part of a horse's leg.
Boltnoun
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
Bootnoun
an instrument of torture encasing and crushing the foot.
Boltnoun
the act of moving with great haste;
âhe made a dash for the doorâ;
Bootnoun
short for Denver boot
Boltnoun
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
Bootnoun
a hard kick
âhe got a boot in the stomachâ;
Boltnoun
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
Bootnoun
an enclosed space at the back of a car for carrying luggage or other goods.
Boltnoun
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Bootnoun
the process of starting a computer and putting it into a state of readiness for operation
âa boot diskâ;
Boltverb
move or jump suddenly;
âShe bolted from her seatâ;
Bootnoun
as well; in addition
âhe is a likeable guy, and funny to bootâ; âimages that are precise, revealing, and often beautiful to bootâ;
Boltverb
secure or lock with a bolt;
âbolt the doorâ;
Bootverb
kick (something) hard in a specified direction
âhe ended up booting the ball into the standâ;
Boltverb
swallow hastily
Bootverb
force someone to leave a vehicle unceremoniously
âa guard booted two children off a trainâ;
Boltverb
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Bootverb
force someone to leave a place or job unceremoniously
âshe had been booted out of schoolâ;
Boltverb
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry;
âThe listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideasâ; âWhen she started to tell silly stories, I ran outâ;
Bootverb
start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation
âthe menu will be ready as soon as you boot up your computerâ; âthe system won't boot from the original driveâ;
Boltverb
eat hastily without proper chewing;
âDon't bolt your food!â;
Bootverb
place a wheel clamp on (an illegally parked car)
âonce a car is booted, the owner must pay all fines plus a fee to have the boot removedâ;
Boltverb
make or roll into bolts;
âbolt fabricâ;
Boot
A boot, plural boots, is a type of specific footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf.
Boltadverb
in a rigid manner;
âthe body was rigidly erectâ; âge sat bolt uprightâ;
Boltadverb
directly;
âhe ran bang into the poleâ; âran slap into herâ;