bolt

to bolt sb. out

There's a bolt on the door.

a pair of bolt cutters.

a fault in a bolt of cloth

The bolt doesn't catch.

Ellie made a bolt for the door.

bolt off to catch the train

handle a bolt of fabric;

This door bolts on the inside.

There was the rasp of a bolt and the door opened.

she bolts and bars the door.

the job came like a bolt from the blue.

she sat bolt upright in bed.

they bolted down the stairs.

he thought of Antwerp as a possible bolt-hole.

he slid the bolt home noisily.

the nuts and bolts of public policy.

the bolt snicked into place.

Lightning bolts are an attribute of Zeus.