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Definition of "bolter" [bolt•er]

  • A horse given to bolting. (noun)
  • One who gives up membership in or withdraws support from a political party. (noun)
  • A machine used for sifting, especially for sifting flour. (noun)
  • One who operates a sifting machine. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bolter" in a sentence
  • "As the wheels touched steel he shoved the throttles forward; if his tail-hook missed the arresting wire, he needed full power for a "bolter" -- a touch-and-go that would send him off the forward deck and around for a second pass."
  • "He is a 56-year-old bolter, what's known as a bolter, who puts actually bolts in the ceiling of the mine."
  • "It didn't bolter, which is the thing nobody wanted."