| v. |
| [1] |
spring
,
dart
,
shoot off
,
take flight
,
run (away/off)
,
rush (off/away)
,
break away
,
flee
,
decamp
,
abscond
,
escape
,
fly
,
dash (off/away)
,
(Colloq) skedaddle
,
scram
,
(Brit) scarper
,
do a bunk
,
do a moonlight flit
,
(US) take a (run-out) powder
|
| [2] |
gulp (down)
,
swallow whole
|
| [3] |
fasten
,
lock
,
latch
,
secure
|
| [4] |
fix
,
abscond
,
absquatulate
,
attach
,
fasten
,
decamp
,
run off
,
connect
,
make fast to
,
go off
,
make off
|
| [5] |
run off
,
run out
,
bolt out
,
beetle off
|
| [6] |
gobble
|
|
| n. |
| [1] |
thunderbolt
,
arrow
,
bolt of lightning
,
dart
,
projectile
,
missile
,
(Historical) quarrel
|
| [2] |
pin
,
bar
,
rod
,
catch
,
latch
|
| [3] |
machine screw
,
deadbolt
|
| [4] |
dash
,
roll
,
length
|
| [5] |
lightning flash
,
thunderbolt
,
(Formal) fulguration
|
| [6] |
bolt from/out of the blue
,
surprise
,
shock
,
bombshell
,
bomb
,
blow
,
revelation
,
eye-opener
,
(Colloq) shocker
|
| [7] |
shoot one's bolt
,
exhaust/use up one's resources
,
(Slang) burn out
,
(US) poop out
|
|
| adv. |
|
