bolt

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɒlt/, /bəʊlt/, [bɔʊɫt] (US) IPA(key): /boʊlt/ Rhymes: -əʊlt, -ɒlt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti. ==== Noun ==== bolt (plural bolts) A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. A sudden event, action or emotion. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. A burst of speed or efficiency. A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Irish: bolta → Japanese: ボルト (boruto) → Maltese: bolt → Russian: болт (bolt)→ Azerbaijani: bolt→ Ingrian: boltta → Scottish Gaelic: bolta ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted) (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner. (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly. (intransitive) To escape. (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted). To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed. (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it. (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== bolt (not comparable) Suddenly; straight; unbendingly. ===== Derived terms ===== bolt upright ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bulten, from Anglo-Norman buleter, Old French bulter (modern French bluter), from a Germanic source originally meaning "bag, pouch" cognate with Middle High German biuteln (“to sift”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch buidel. ==== Verb ==== bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted) To sift, especially through a cloth. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means. (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. ===== Derived terms ===== bolt to the bran unbolted ==== Noun ==== bolt (plural bolts) A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. ==== References ==== “bolt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === blot, Tbol, blót, TBol == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian болт (bolt), from English bolt. === Noun === bolt (definite accusative boltu, plural boltlar) bolt, screw ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bolt” in Obastan.com. == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌlˀd̥] Homophone: bold === Etymology 1 === From Low German bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, from Old Saxon bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt. ==== Noun ==== bolt c (singular definite bolten, plural indefinite bolte) a bolt (threaded) ===== Derived terms ===== bolte (verb) ===== Related terms ===== skrue (screw or bolt) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bolt imperative of bolte == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian volta (“vault”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbolt] Rhymes: -olt === Noun === bolt (plural boltok) shop (GB), store (US) (especially applied to relatively small shops in the countryside) Synonyms: üzlet, áruház, kereskedés, (mostly in compounds) árus Hyponyms: ábécé, butik, cukrászda, diszkont, étterem, gyógyszertár, kávézó, kocsma, közért, papír-írószer, pékség, piac, pláza, presszó, szalon (as a second element in compounds), teázó, trafik, újságos, vendéglő, zöldséges (folksy) synonym of élelmiszerbolt, közért (“grocery store”). (informal) deal (a particular instance of trading [buying or selling; exchanging; bartering]; a transaction) vault (arched ceiling) Synonyms: boltozat, boltív, bolthajtás ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (Note: Most compounds with üzlet as an affix in the sense ’shop/store’ can be expressed with bolt.) === Further reading === (vault): bolt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (shop, store): bolt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. bolt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bolt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔlt/ Rhymes: -ɔlt === Noun === bolt m (plural boltijiet) bolt (metal fastener) ==== Related terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Norwegian boltr, from Low German bolt. ==== Noun ==== bolt m (definite singular bolten, indefinite plural bolter, definite plural boltene) a bolt (threaded) ===== Derived terms ===== bolte (verb) ===== Related terms ===== skrue (screw or bolt) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== bolt imperative of bolte === References === “bolt” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Norwegian boltr, from Middle Low German bolte. === Noun === bolt m (definite singular bolten, indefinite plural boltar, definite plural boltane) a bolt (threaded) ==== Derived terms ==== bolte (verb) ==== Related terms ==== skrue (screw or bolt) === References === “bolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bolt. Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bolt/, [boɫt] === Noun === bolt m bolt ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bolt English: bolt→ Irish: bolta→ Japanese: ボルト (boruto)→ Maltese: bolt→ Russian: болт (bolt)→ Azerbaijani: bolt→ Ingrian: boltta→ Scottish Gaelic: bolta → Welsh: bollt === References ===