A burst of speed or efficiency.
A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
A sudden event, action or emotion.
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
To escape.
To sift, especially through a cloth.
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
To swallow food without chewing it.
To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
Personal preference.
To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
To go fast.
To exceed the speed limit.
To increase the rate at which something occurs.
Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go.