bolter vs runaway

bolter

noun
  • 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. 

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

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. 

runaway

noun
  • The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams. 

  • An overwhelming victory. 

  • An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium. 

  • A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions. 

  • A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control. 

adj
  • Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver. 

  • Unchecked; rampant. 

  • Having run away; escaped; fugitive. 

  • Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc. 

  • Accelerating out of control. 

  • Easily won, as a contest. 

  • Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping. 

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