bolter
Britishnoun
-
an outsider in a contest or race
-
history an escaped convict; bushranger
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There is always room for a "bolter" - the figure who comes late and from nowhere into a squad - before a major tournament.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024
No one witnessed the accident, but Dinger apparently got caught in the rotating shaft on the bolter, she said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Four shots back, Cameron Young is in the bolter category, a rookie American whose father is a pro at New York's Sleepy Hollow, not a description you could apply to the Old Course on Saturday.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2022
The league's biggest surprise, Cleveland acquired the 27-year-old LeVert to bolter their offense and get the Cavs closer to an Eastern Conference title.
From Fox News • Feb. 8, 2022
Milty bolter told me a grate story in school yesterday. it is troo. old Joe Mosey and Leon were playing cards one nite last week in the woods.
From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
