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adjective

as in rushing

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bolting

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verb

present participle of bolt
1
as in jumping
to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise) I bolted as I read the winning lottery numbers

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2
as in racing
to proceed or move quickly the cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it

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3
as in retreating
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching

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4
as in exclaiming
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling bolted out the cuss word without thinking

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5
as in inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily the way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy

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Recent Examples of bolting
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The companies that capture that value will redesign work around their most creative people, rather than bolting AI onto old processes and counting the empty chairs. — Jay Kaplan, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 Jim Zellers, a pioneer of big-mountain snowboarding and a friend of Morrison’s for almost four decades, had for several years been bolting new routes on this face, refining and naming and grading. — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Captured on video surveillance cameras, the three thieves were seen grabbing hundreds of trading cards and bolting from the shop in less than 10 minutes. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Instead of bolting off the line when the gun sounded, Garret, Retzlaff and about a dozen other girls walked a few meters and then left the course, while the male athlete took off. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Dyson built the CameraJet around 16 million lines of code and a model trained on 470,000 dental images, bolting a camera, pump, fluid system and software onto a device people have historically cleaned with nylon bristles. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 Now every SaaS company that spent the last three years bolting AI features onto legacy infrastructure just got very expensive news. — Rafael Flores, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 San Francisco is still bolting new pieces together, including fitting Mike Evans into the offense on the fly. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Involves engineering hurdles Building solar farms on open water involves far more engineering hurdles than bolting panels onto dry land. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolting
  1. rapid
  2. jumping
  3. racing
  4. retreating
  5. exclaiming
  6. inhaling
  7. running
  8. hurrying
Adjective
  • Seen through this lens, rising demand for in-person connection amid the rapid expansion of technology is not a contradiction.
    — Davis Noell, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The project signals continued demand for rapid-deployment energy infrastructure.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of rapid
Verb
  • The latest push to end the practice began in June after an 18-year-old Indian tourist, Romanch Mahajan, died after jumping from a runaway carriage.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The bill was renamed in June after Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old tourist from India, died while jumping after his mother when their carriage horse bolted on a sightseeing tour in the park.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of jumping
Verb
  • With Sandburg racing out to 7-1 and 8-3 leads in the third game, that came in handy.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Three people stranded high on a steep Northern California mountainside were rescued by helicopter Sunday after a distress call brought crews racing to their aid.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of racing
Verb
  • Many have reacted by retreating, focusing on cultivating niche audiences.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Longtime collaborator Erik Blood foregrounds Butler’s dry drum machines in the mix, letting every other element shuffle around them, snaking toward the spotlight for a brief moment and retreating back into the brume.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of retreating
Verb
  • Lyra donned her purple-and-pink mask, exclaiming at the colorful angelfish darting between her legs.
    — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • On a street by the harbor, crowds of people were squinting into the distance, exclaiming every time the whale exhaled.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Definition of exclaiming
Verb
  • Over time, inhaling these irritants can trigger chronic airway inflammation, irreversible lung tissue scarring, and obstructive pulmonary conditions.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Without a mask, without fear of needing lung implants, without having to worry about inhaling a soupçon of strychnine or similar industrial pollutants.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhaling
Adjective
  • The running game has continued to chew up yardage and find the end zone.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Injuries have hampered the Seahawks’ running game, and Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold has shown signs of regression.
    — Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of running
Verb
  • Before hurrying away from his tent on the beach, Saleh was asked what would happen if US support never came.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Corle continued flagging and minutes later McCoy was back on the trail, hurrying to catch up.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurrying

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“Bolting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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