A sudden event, action or emotion.
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 burst of speed or efficiency.
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 large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
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.
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
The merest trifle; a straw.
A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
General haste.
A sudden attack; an onslaught.
A surge.
Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
A sudden forward motion.
A wick.
The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
A rapid, noisy flow.
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
To swiftly attack without warning.
To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
To dribble rapidly.
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
To make a swift or sudden attack.
To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
To transport or carry quickly.
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.