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boult

boult is the alternative form of bolt.

boult is the obsolete form of bolt.

Meaning of bolt

Verb

bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)

  1. (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
    • Bolt the vice to the bench.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
    • Most languages are *not* based on C++. C++ is a complicated mess. It's C with object oriented features bolted on as an afterthought and no-one in their right mind would want to base another language on it.2000 September 14, Brennan Young, “to all of you pro programmers out there.”, in macromedia.flash (Usenet)
  3. (transitive) To secure a bolt or bolts; to lock using a bolt.
    • Bolt the door.
  4. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
    • Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
  5. (intransitive) To escape.
  6. (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
    • to bolt a rabbit

See all 36 meanings of bolt

Forms of boult

Verb
third-person singular presentboults
present participleboulting
past participleboulted
pastboulted
Noun
pluralboults

Words formed from boult

Questions about boult

What is boult the alternative form of?
Boult is the alternative form of bolt.

Words near boult in the dictionary

  1. bouls
  2. boulster
  3. boulstered
  4. boulstering
  5. boulsters
  6. boult
  7. Boultbee
  8. boulted
  9. boultel
  10. boultels
  11. boulter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boult (page history and authors); bolt (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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