bolter
bolter · bolters · boltered · boltering
To smear or become smeared with a grimy substanceTo smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
UK/ˈbɒltə/US/ˈboʊltɚ/
Meaning
6 senses(dialectal)To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
To fish using a bolter.
To pound rapidly.
To swim or turn sideways while eating.
To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
Origin
From bolt + -er.From bolt + -er.
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Forms
bolters, boltering, boltered, bolteredAntonyms
1 antonymsmiss a landing on an aircraft carrier:trapA2
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.