bolts

Noun

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• the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key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

Verb

• move or jump suddenly
• secure or lock with a bolt
• swallow hastily
• run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
• leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
• eat hastily without proper chewing
• make or roll into bolts
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bolt

Synonyms

abscond, absquatulate, beetle off, bolt, bolt of lightning, bolt out, dash, deadbolt, decamp, go off, gobble, make off, run off, run out, thunderbolt

Antonyms

unbolt