Canadian English Meaning of bolts

Bolts

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Definitions and Meaning of bolts in English

bolts

a metal cylinder that drives the cartridge into the chamber of a firearm, locks the breech, and usually contains the firing pin and extractor, to move rapidly, shoot, discharge, run away sense 1, to swallow hastily or without chewing, to break away from control or a set course, to break away from or oppose one's political party, a block of timber to be sawed or cut, a sudden surprise, a short round section of a log, flush, start, to eat hastily or without chewing, to dart off or away, the device that closes the breech of a firearm, to break away from or oppose one's previous affiliation (as with a political party or sports team), the act or an instance of bolting, to say impulsively, a wood or metal bar or rod used to fasten a door, to produce seed prematurely, a missile (as an arrow) for a crossbow or catapult, the part of a lock worked by a key, to move suddenly or nervously, the part of a lock that is shot or withdrawn by the key, a roll of cloth or wallpaper of specified length, a sliding bar used to fasten a door, directly, straight, a lightning stroke, a roll of cloth or wallpaper, an act of bolting, a shaft or missile designed to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, to say thoughtlessly, in an erect or straight-backed position, to break away from or refuse to support (something, such as a political party), a metal rod or pin for fastening objects together that usually has a head at one end and a screw thread at the other and is secured by a nut, sift sense 2, a short stout usually blunt-headed arrow, thunderbolt, to move or proceed rapidly, to sift usually through fine-meshed cloth, to attach or fasten with bolts, to fasten with a bolt, a metal pin or rod usually with a head at one end and a screw thread at the other that is used to hold something in place, to secure with a bolt

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Bolts

a metal cylinder that drives the cartridge into the chamber of a firearm, locks the breech, and usually contains the firing pin and extractor, to move rapidly,

jumps,jerks,leaps,springs,startles,starts,bounds,jolts,reacts,Responds

Crawls,reptiles,drags,Hangs (around or out),Lags,lingers,pokes,ambles,dallies,dawdles

bolt-holes => escape hatches, bolt out of the blue => out of the blue, bolt from the blue => bolt from the blue, bolsters => bolsters, bolos => Bolos,