bolting
noun
[ ˈbəʊltɪŋ ]
• the action of driving long metal pins into a rock face so that ropes can be attached to them.
bolt
verb
• (of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.
• "the horses shied and bolted"
• eat (food) quickly.
• "there's no need to bolt your food"
Similar:
gobble,
gulp,
wolf,
guzzle,
devour,
gorge (oneself) on,
eat greedily/hungrily,
tuck into,
put/pack away,
demolish,
polish off,
scoff (down),
down,
stuff one's face with,
pig oneself on,
murder,
shovel down,
shift,
gollop,
gorb,
scarf (down/up),
snarf (down/up),
inhale,
ingurgitate,
Origin:
Middle English: from bolt1, expressing the sense ‘fly like an arrow’.
bolt
verb
• pass (flour, powder, or other material) through a sieve.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bulter, of unknown ultimate origin. The change in the first syllable was due to association with bolt1.
