bolter
/ˈboʊltɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
New Zealand usage
Example Sentences
- "1992 June, Bill Tarrant, Gun Dogs: Problems with a Hunting Pattern, Field & Stream, page 104, Bolting can be one of the worst problems in dogdom to solve. We′ve all seen a bolter — or rather, we haven't seen him. We released him to hunt, and he was gone for the day, the week, the month. I′ve known of bolters to be gone for years."
- "Evidence is accumulating that bolters are plants which have changed their long-day habit to that of short-day."
- "The bolter was basically a sheet or roll of wire mesh or cloth (most often canvas or linen, but sometimes silk or another fabric). The flour produced by the mill was fed through or over the device, which was shaken by a mechanism (several were possible) taking power from the drive train leading from the water wheel to the millstones."
- "This first bolter contains a screen of eight meshes to the inch and separates the hard particles, dirt or scale."
- "Last year he was eliminated by the bolter Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and this time he was beaten by the shining star, Fernando Verdasco."
- "The bolters from the Republican convention say, in their manifesto: "Discontent and distress prevail to an extent never before known in the history of the country.""
Etymology
From bolt + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈboʊltɚ/
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- American usage