bolter vs flyer

bolter

noun
  • A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly. 

  • A horse that wins at long odds. 

  • A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour. 

  • A person who sifts flour or meal. 

  • A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee. 

  • A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual. 

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

  • A kind of fishing line; a boulter. 

  • A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing. 

  • A filter mechanism. 

  • An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory. 

verb
  • To pound rapidly. 

  • To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance. 

  • To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter. 

  • To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook. 

  • To swim or turn sideways while eating. 

  • To fish using a bolter. 

flyer

noun
  • A fast-moving person or thing. 

  • A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons. 

  • That which flies, as a bird or insect. 

  • A machine that flies. 

  • A leaflet, often for advertising. 

  • The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin 

  • A leap or jump. 

  • A risky investment or other venture. 

  • A false start 

  • An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports. 

  • A stray shot away from the group on a target. 

  • A person who travels by airplane. 

  • A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder). 

  • A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill. 

verb
  • To distribute flyers (leaflets). 

  • To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients). 

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