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How to pronounce bolt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bolt of lightning, thunderbolt
Type of lightning
Type Words
Synonyms dash
Type of rushing, hurry, haste, rush
Type Words
Synonyms rigidly, stiffly


he sat bolt upright.
Type Words
Synonyms deadbolt
Type of bar
Has types safety bolt, safety lock
Type Words
Synonyms abscond, absquatulate, decamp, go off, make off, run off
Type of take flight, flee, fly
Has types levant
Type Words
Synonyms beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out
Type of leave, go forth, go away


The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas.
Type Words
Synonyms bang, slap, slapdash, smack
Type Words
Synonyms gobble
Type of eat


Don't bolt your food!.
Type Words
Type of roll
Type Words
Type of screw
Has types machine bolt, expansion bolt, kingpin, stove bolt, kingbolt, swivel pin, carriage bolt
Type Words
Type of bar
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Type of abandonment, desertion, forsaking
Type Words
Type of furl, roll up


bolt fabric.
Type Words
Type of move


She bolted from her seat.
Type Words
Type of lock


bolt the door.
Type Words
Type of swallow, get down

Examples of bolt

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Once a chunk of the starting lineup was pulled, I had to bolt for the clubhouse.
From the newsday.com
He is the fourth assistant to join Wilson's staff and then bolt for another job.
From the kentucky.com
Small bolt-on purchases have been made this year and this is likely to continue.
From the telegraph.co.uk
If the bolt does not extend through the nut, the crib is included in the recall.
From the charlotteobserver.com
You might still be able to get that bolt out, but it wouldn't be nearly as easy.
From the suntimes.com
Take the screw that held down the slot's plate and use it to bolt down the card.
From the chron.com
Last week, torn between duty to teammates and job security, a few began to bolt.
From the time.com
Watching underclassmen bolt for the pros with regularity is a double-edge sword.
From the dailynews.com
In fact the appointment was less of a bolt from the blue than Ashcroft suggests.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"
  • Rigidly: in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
  • Thunderbolt: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
  • A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
  • Bang: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
  • Secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door"
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  • Bolt is a 2008 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and is its forty-eighth animated feature. ...