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bolt

adverb
  1. in a rigid manner
    stiffly
  2. directly
    man-to-man
noun
  1. a sudden abandonment, as from a political party
    “After last year's loss, the whole team bolted.”
  2. the act of moving with great haste
    dash
  3. a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
  4. the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
    deadbolt
  5. a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
  6. a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
  7. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
    thunderboltbolt of lightning
verb
  1. to make or roll into bolts
    “I bolted the fabric.”
  2. to eat hastily without proper chewing
    “Don't bolt your food!”
    gobble
  3. to swallow hastily
    “They bolted their dinner before leaving for the evening.”
  4. to secure or lock with a bolt
    “I bolted the door before going to bed.”
  5. to move or jump suddenly
    “I bolted from my seat.”
  6. to leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
    “The listeners bolted when they discussed strange ideas.”
    run outrun offbolt outbeetle off
  7. to run away
    “The horse bolted after being frightened by a loud noise.”
    go offrun offabscondabsquatulatemake offdecamp