bolter

noun

Meaning

A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
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.
An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
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.
To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by approaching at the wrong angle, thereby missing the tailhook wires.

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