1 a long, narrow piece of metal that you slide across the inside of a door or window in order to lock it:
He slid back the bolt on the door.
2 a piece of metal like a screw without a point which is used with a circular piece of metal (= a NUT) to fasten things together:
nuts and bolts
3 ~ of lightning a sudden flash of LIGHTNING in the sky, appearing as a line
4 a short heavy arrow shot from a CROSSBOW
5 a long piece of fabric wound in a roll around a piece of cardboard
IDIOMS
a bolt from the blue an event or a piece of news which is sudden and unexpected; a complete surprise:
Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue.
make a bolt for sth
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