bolter
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Noun
- A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
- A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
- A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
- A person who sifts flour or meal.
- A filter mechanism.
- An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
- A horse that wins at long odds.
- In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
- A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
- A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
- A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
- Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
Verb
- To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
- To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
- To fish using a bolter.
- To pound rapidly.
- To swim or turn sideways while eating.
- To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
Proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation.
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