bolt in WordNet English dictionary

1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
   "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
   abscond  bolt  absquatulate  decamp  run off  go off  make off 
   
2. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
   "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
   run off  run out  bolt  bolt out  beetle off 
   
3. make or roll into bolts
   "bolt fabric"
   bolt 
   
4. eat hastily without proper chewing
   "Don't bolt your food!"
   gobble  bolt 
   
5. swallow hastily
   bolt 
   
6. secure or lock with a bolt
   "bolt the door"
   bolt 
   
7. move or jump suddenly
   "She bolted from her seat"
   bolt 
   

1. directly
   "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
   bang  slap  slapdash  smack  bolt  bang  slap  slapdash  smack  bolt 
   
2. in a rigid manner
   "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
   rigidly  stiffly  bolt  rigidly  stiffly  bolt 
   

1. a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
   bolt 
   
2. the act of moving with great haste
   "he made a dash for the door"
   dash  bolt 
   
3. a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
   bolt 
   
4. the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
   bolt  deadbolt 
   
5. a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
   bolt 
   
6. a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
   bolt 
   
7. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
   thunderbolt  bolt  bolt of lightning