Thesaurus: bolting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bolt
2. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bolt
3. n. A darting away; a starting off or aside.
4. n. A sifting, as of flour or meal.
5. n. A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.
6. A darting away; a starting off or aside. 1. A sifting, as of flour or meal. 2. (Law) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court. [Obs.] Bolting cloth, wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; -- used by millers for sifting flour. McElrath. -- Bolting hutch, a bin or tub for the bolted flour or meal; (fig.) a receptacle.
7. v move or jump suddenly v secure or lock with a bolt v swallow hastily v run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along v leave suddenly and as if in a hurry v eat hastily without proper chewing v make or roll into bolts