bolter English

Meaning bolter meaning

What does bolter mean?

bolter noun

— A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.

— (botany, horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.

— (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.

— A person who sifts flour or meal.

— (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.

— (Australia, sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.

— (Australia, horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.

— (New Zealand, sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.

— (US, politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.

— (military, _, aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.

— A kind of fishing line; a boulter.

bolter verb

— (dialect) 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.

— (of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.

— (military, aviation) To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by approaching at the wrong angle, thereby missing the tailhook wires.

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What other words have the same or similar meaning as bolter?

bolter English » English

sieve

cribble

thunderer

strainer

shaker screen

shaker rack

shaker bed

separating screen

separating grid

screen sieve

riddle

bar screen