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bolter.

A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɒltə/England, Wales/ˈbəʊltə/England, Wales/ˈboltəɹ/Scotland/ˈboʊltɚ/General-American
  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.

    Australia
  7. A horse that wins at long odds.

    Australia
  8. In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.

    New-Zealand
  9. A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.

    US
  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.

Where this word comes from

From bolt + -er.

verb/ˈbɒltə/England, Wales/ˈbəʊltə/England, Wales/ˈboltəɹ/Scotland/ˈboʊltɚ/General-American
  1. To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.

    dialectal
  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.

Where this word comes from

From bolt + -er.

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