BOLT DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bolt down mean? 

• BOLT DOWN (verb)
  The verb BOLT DOWN has 2 senses:

1. drink down entirely

2. eat a large amount of food quickly

  Familiarity information: BOLT DOWN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOLT DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drink down entirely

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

belt down; bolt down; down; drink down; kill; pop; pour down; toss off

Context example:

They popped a few beer after work

Hypernyms (to "bolt down" is one way to...):

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eat a large amount of food quickly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

bolt down; garbage down; gobble up; shovel in

Context example:

The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake

Hypernyms (to "bolt down" is one way to...):

eat (take in solid food)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They bolt down more bread

 Context examples 

Couldst not shoot a bolt down any street of Bordeaux, I warrant, but you would pink archer, squire, or knight.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)