Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To use up one's resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored.

    We were playing checkers and, although I'd started off well, I seemed to have shot my bolt too soon.

  2. (slang)Of a male, to ejaculate.

Forms

shoots one's bolt, shooting one's bolt, shot one's bolt, shot one's bolt
Base formshoot one's bolt · to shoot one's bolt
3rd person singularshoots one's bolt
Present participleshooting one's bolt
Past simpleshot one's bolt
Past participleshot one's bolt

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshoot one's bolt
he, she, itshoots one's bolt

Past simpleLesson

all personsshot one's bolt

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shot one's bolt
he, she, ithas shot one's bolt

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shoot one's bolt

Synonyms

1 synonyms
shoot one's wad

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shookshootA2shootershootingB2shootout

Dictionary 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.

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