bolter

A bolter (sense 10) aboard an aircraft carrier.

Meanings

A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
A person who sifts flour or meal.
A filter mechanism.
An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
A horse that wins at long odds.
In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
A kind of fishing line; a boulter.

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.
To swim or turn sideways while eating.
To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.

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