bolter (English, noun)
expansion: bolter (plural bolters)
Senses:
glosses: A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
topics: agriculture
biology
botany
business
horticulture
lifestyle
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
qualifier: flour milling
glosses: A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
glosses: A person who sifts flour or meal.
qualifier: petroleum refining
glosses: A filter mechanism.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
tags: Australia
topics: hobbies
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A horse that wins at long odds.
tags: Australia
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
tags: New-Zealand
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
tags: US
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
glosses: A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
Forms:
form: bolters
tags: plural