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Bolter

noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
2.nounA plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
3.noun(flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
4.nounA person who sifts flour or meal.
5.noun(petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
6.nounAn obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
7.noun(horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
8.nounIn team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
9.nounA member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
10.nounA missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
11.nounA kind of fishing line; a boulter.
12.verbTo smear or become smeared with a grimy substance
13.verbTo sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
14.verbTo fish using a bolter.
15.verbTo pound rapidly.
16.verb(of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.
17.verbTo miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by approaching at the wrong angle, thereby missing the tailhook wires.

Synonyms

runawayboltingboltsetboltdriftboltcrossboltbusterbulletramboltblasterbreakerlightning bolt

Rhymes With

jolterpoulterboelterbolt herboultercoltercoulterholter
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