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bolt 1 B0376700 (bōlt)n.1. A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.2. A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.3. A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.4. a. A sliding metal bar that positions the cartridge in breechloading rifles, closes the breech, and ejects the spent cartridge.b. A similar device in any breech mechanism.5. A short, heavy arrow with a thick head, used especially with a crossbow.6. A flash of lightning; a thunderbolt.7. A sudden or unexpected event: The announcement was a veritable bolt.8. A sudden movement toward or away.9. A large roll of cloth of a definite length, especially as it comes from the loom.v. bolt·ed, bolt·ing, bolts v.tr.1. To secure or lock with or as if with a bolt.2. To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.3. To eat (food) hurriedly and with little chewing; gulp.4. To desert or withdraw support from (a political party).5. To utter impulsively; blurt.6. Archaic To shoot or discharge (a missile, such as an arrow).v.intr.1. To move or spring suddenly.2. To start suddenly and run away: The horse bolted at the sound of the shot. The frightened child bolted from the room.3. To break away from an affiliation, as from a political party.4. Botany To flower or produce seeds prematurely or develop a flowering stem from a rosette.Idioms: bolt from the blue A sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events. bolt upright In a rigidly vertical position: sat bolt upright.
[Middle English, from Old English, heavy arrow.]
bolt 2 B0376700 (bōlt)tr.v. bolt·ed, bolt·ing, bolts To pass (flour, for example) through a sieve.
[Middle English bulten, from Old French buleter, from Middle High German biuteln, from biutel, bag, purse.]bolt from the blueA sudden, unexpected occurrence; from being compared to a bolt of lightning.bolt from the blue
a bolt from the blueSomething unexpected or surprising. We always thought of Michael as a life-long bachelor, so it certainly was a bolt from the blue when he returned from his vacation sporting a wedding ring!See also: blue, boltbolt from the blueFig. a sudden surprise. (Alludes to a stroke of lightning from a cloudless sky.) Joe's return to Springfield was a bolt from the blue. The news that Mr. and Mrs. King were getting a divorce struck all their friends as a bolt from the blue.See also: blue, bolt bolt from the blue A sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events.See also: blue, boltbolt from the blue, aA sudden, unexpected event, usually of a catastrophic nature. The term refers to a bolt of lightning or thunder that comes from a blue (cloudless) sky and hence is not anticipated. Although “blue” was a poetic allusion to the sky by 1700, the precise expression dates from the early nineteenth century. It appears in Thomas Carlyle’s description of chaotic events of the French Revolution: “Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue, has hit strange victims” (1837). See also: boltEncyclopediaSeeboltFinancialSeeBolt |