bolter

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Synonyms: bolster, balter, bolted, boater, botter, colter, jolter, belter, boulter, molter, bolder

Antonyms: bolster, balter, bolted, boater, botter, colter, jolter, belter, boulter, molter, bolder

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Noun

A person or thing that [[bolt]]s, or runs suddenly.
{{lb|en|botany|horticulture}} A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
{{lb|en|flour milling}} A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
A person who sifts flour or meal.
{{lb|en|petroleum refining}} A [[filter]] mechanism.
{{lb|en|Australia|sports}} An obscure athlete who wins an [[upset]] victory.
{{lb|en|Australia|horseracing}} A horse that wins at long odds.
{{lb|en|New Zealand|sports}} In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
{{lb|en|US|politics}} A member of a political party who does not support the party's [[nominee]].
{{lb|en|military|aviation}} A missed [[landing]] on an [[aircraft carrier]]; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
A kind of [[fishing line]]; a [[boulter]].
([[climbing]]) Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.

{{lb|en|dialect}} To [[smear]] or become smeared with a [[grimy]] substance.
To [[sift]] or [[filter]] through a [[sieve]] or [[#Noun|bolter]].
To [[fish]] using a [[#Noun|bolter]].
To [[pound]] [[rapidly]].
{{lb|en|of a whale}} To swim or turn [[sideways]] while [[eat]]ing.
{{lb|en|military|aviation}} To [[miss]] a [[landing]] on an [[aircraft carrier]] by failing to catch the [[arresting gear]] wires with the aircraft's [[tailhook]].

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