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bolt-action

bolt-action is the alternative spelling of bolt action.

Meaning of bolt action

Noun

bolt action (plural bolt actions)

  1. A type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon.

Forms of bolt-action

pluralbolt-actions

Questions about bolt-action

What is bolt-action the alternative spelling of?
Bolt-action is the alternative spelling of bolt action.

Words near bolt-action in the dictionary

  1. bolt ropes
  2. bolt thrower
  3. bolt throwers
  4. bolt to the bran
  5. bolt upright
  6. bolt-action
  7. bolt-actions
  8. bolt-hole
  9. bolt-holes
  10. bolt-on
  11. bolt-ons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bolt-action (page history and authors); bolt action (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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