• a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
• the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
• a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
• the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
• a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
• a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
• a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
• make or roll into Bolts; "Bolt fabric"
• eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don''t Bolt your food!"
• swallow hastily
• secure or lock with a Bolt; "Bolt the door"
• move or jump suddenly; "She Bolted from her seat"
• 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"
• run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
• in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat Bolt upright"
• directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

'Bolt' in other languages