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verb- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
abscond bolt absquatulate decamp run off go off make off
- 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 off run out bolt bolt out beetle off
- make or roll into bolts
"bolt fabric"
bolt
- eat hastily without proper chewing
"Don't bolt your food!"
gobble bolt
- swallow hastily
bolt
- secure or lock with a bolt
"bolt the door"
bolt
- move or jump suddenly
"She bolted from her seat"
bolt
adverb- directly
"he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
bang slap slapdash smack bolt bang slap slapdash smack bolt
- in a rigid manner
"the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
rigidly stiffly bolt rigidly stiffly bolt
noun- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
bolt
- the act of moving with great haste
"he made a dash for the door"
dash bolt
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
bolt
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
bolt deadbolt
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
bolt
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
bolt
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
thunderbolt bolt bolt of lightning
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