bolter

noun

  1. 1

    A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.

  2. 2

    A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.

  3. 3

    (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.

  4. 4

    A person who sifts flour or meal.

  5. 5

    (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.

  6. 6

    An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.

  7. 7

    (horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.

  8. 8

    In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.

  9. 9

    A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.

  10. 10

    A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.

  11. 11

    A kind of fishing line; a boulter.

verb

  1. 1

    To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance

  2. 2

    To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.

  3. 3

    To fish using a bolter.

  4. 4

    To pound rapidly.

  5. 5

    (of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.

  6. 6

    To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by approaching at the wrong angle, thereby missing the tailhook wires.

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