[bohlt] 
| 1. | a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc. |
| 2. | the part of a lock that is shot from and drawn back into the case, as by the action of the key. |
| 3. | any of several types of strong fastening rods, pins, or screws, usually threaded to receive a nut. |
| 4. | a sudden dash, run, flight, or escape. |
| 5. | a sudden desertion from a meeting, political party, social movement, etc. |
| 6. | a length of woven goods, esp. as it comes on a roll from the loom. |
| 7. | a roll of wallpaper. |
| 8. | Bookbinding. the three edges of a folded sheet that must be cut so that the leaves can be opened. |
| 9. | a rod, bar, or plate that closes the breech of a breechloading rifle, esp. a sliding rod or bar that shoves a cartridge into the firing chamber as it closes the breech. |
| 10. | a jet of water, molten glass, etc. |
| 11. | an arrow, esp. a short, heavy one for a crossbow. |
| 12. | a shaft of lightning; thunderbolt. |
| 13. | a length of timber to be cut into smaller pieces. |
| 14. | a slice from a log, as a short, round piece of wood used for a chopping block. |
| 15. | to fasten with or as with a bolt. |
| 16. | to discontinue support of or participation in; break with: to bolt a political party. |
| 17. | to shoot or discharge (a missile), as from a crossbow or catapult. |
| 18. | to utter hastily; say impulsively; blurt out. |
| 19. | to swallow (one's food or drink) hurriedly: She bolted her breakfast and ran to school. |
| 20. | to make (cloth, wallpaper, etc.) into bolts. |
| 21. | Fox Hunting. (of hounds) to force (a fox) into the open. |
| 22. | to make a sudden, swift dash, run, flight, or escape; spring away suddenly: The rabbit bolted into its burrow. |
| 23. | to break away, as from one's political party. |
| 24. | to eat hurriedly or without chewing. |
| 25. | Horticulture. to produce flowers or seeds prematurely. |
| 26. | Archaic. with sudden meeting or collision; suddenly. |
| 27. | bolt from the blue, a sudden and entirely unforeseen event: His decision to leave college was a bolt from the blue for his parents. Also, bolt out of the blue. |
| 28. | bolt upright, stiffly upright; rigidly straight: The explosive sound caused him to sit bolt upright in his chair. |
| 29. | shoot one's bolt, Informal. to make an exhaustive effort or expenditure: The lawyer shot his bolt the first day of the trial and had little to say thereafter. |
