1syllable
bolter
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Definitions ofbolter
1noun
- A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
- A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
- (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
- A person who sifts flour or meal.
- (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
- An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
- (horseracing) 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.
1verb
- 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.
- (of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.
- To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by approaching at the wrong angle, thereby missing the tailhook wires.
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