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bolter

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒltə/

The English word “bolter” has 18 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
  2. A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
  3. A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
  4. A person who sifts flour or meal.
  5. A filter mechanism.
  6. An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
  7. A horse that wins at long odds.
  8. In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
  9. A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
  10. A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
  11. A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
  12. Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.

verb

  1. To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
  2. To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
  3. To fish using a bolter.
  4. To pound rapidly.
  5. To swim or turn sideways while eating.
  6. To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.

Etymology

From bolt + -er.

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