Associations to the word «Bolter»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BOLTER, noun. A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
BOLTER, noun. (botany) (horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
BOLTER, noun. (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
BOLTER, noun. A person who sifts flour or meal.
BOLTER, noun. (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
BOLTER, noun. (Australia) (sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
BOLTER, noun. (Australia) (horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
BOLTER, noun. (New Zealand) (sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
BOLTER, noun. (US) (politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
BOLTER, noun. (military aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
BOLTER, noun. A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.