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Definition of Bolt down
1. Verb. Drink down entirely. "They popped a few beer after work"
Generic synonyms: Drink, Imbibe
2. Verb. Eat a large amount of food quickly. "They bolt down more bread"; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolt Down
Literary usage of Bolt down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"(232) Assault on high seas, by binding the prosecutor and forcing an iron bolt
down his throat. (233) Stabbing with intent to wound, under Ohio stat. p. ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American (1881)
"I prefer to screw the bolt down through the sheet, as before mentioned, and to
rivet the end well and thoroughly when the boiler is put together, ..."
3. Text-book of Mechanical Engineering by Wilfrid James Lineham (1902)
"... and bolt down the top slide bar with distance pieces between. Fix the regulator
valve box (previously put together), the cylinder cocks and lubricators, ..."
4. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"... but he didn't take the bolt down. Q. Which of the guns were inspected the way
you speak of, those of the men who fell back with the file closers, ..."
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