How to pronounce “bolt”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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.
• 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).
• [Verb]
• (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.
• [Adverb]
• Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

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