name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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Standard Lemma guide
bolter
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England, Wales: /ˈbɒltə/
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England, Wales: /ˈbəʊltə/
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Scotland: /ˈboltəɹ/
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General-American: /ˈboʊltɚ/
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rhymes with -ɒltə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -əʊltə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B OW1 L T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1992 June, Bill Tarrant, Gun Dogs: Problems with a Hunting Pattern, Field & Stream, page 104, Bolting can be one of the worst problems in dogdom to solve. We′ve all seen a bolter — or rather, we haven't seen him. We released him to hunt, and he was gone for the day, the week, the month. I′ve known of bolters to be gone for years.
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noun
Meaning 3
A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, biology, botany, business, horticulture, lifestyle, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
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Qualifier: flour milling
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noun
Meaning 5
A person who sifts flour or meal.
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noun
Meaning 6
A filter mechanism.
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Qualifier: petroleum refining
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noun
Meaning 7
An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 8
A horse that wins at long odds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Topics: hobbies, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
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noun
Meaning 9
In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
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Usage: New-Zealand
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 10
A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
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Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 11
A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
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Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 12
A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
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noun
Meaning 13
Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
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Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 14
To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
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Usage: dialectal
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verb
Meaning 15
To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
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verb
Meaning 16
To fish using a bolter.
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verb
Meaning 17
To pound rapidly.
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verb
Meaning 18
To swim or turn sideways while eating.
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verb
Meaning 19
To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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History
Etymology
From bolter, an occupational surname for a sifter of flour, or for a maker of bolts.
From bolt + -er.