Bolt

Bolt or bolts may refer to:

Common meanings

• Screw, a cylindrical threaded fastener
• Bolt (fastener), similar to a screw, used with a nut
• Bolt (climbing), an anchor point used in rock climbing
• Bolt (firearms), a mechanism used in firearms
• Crossbow bolt, ammunition used in a crossbow
• Bolt (fabric) a unit of measurement
• Bolting (horse), the term for when a horse runs away
• Bolt (network protocol), a network protocol used in database applications

Arts and entertainment

• Bolt (2008 film), a Disney animated movie
  • Bolt (character), a fictional dog in the film
  • Bolt (video game), based on the film
• The Bolt (Shostakovich), a three-act ballet by Dmitri Shostakovich
• Bolt (1994 film), a drama starring Richard Grieco
• Bolt (comics), various characters
• Bolt (1986), a book by Dick Francis
• Bolt Uzumaki, a fictional character in the manga Naruto
• The Bolts, American band

People

• Bolt (surname)

Places

• La Bolt, South Dakota, a town
• Bolt, West Virginia, an unincorporated census-designated place
• Bolt, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Mount Bolt, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Sports

• Nickname of the San Diego Chargers, a National Football League team
• Nickname of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League team
• Anaheim Bolts, a Professional Arena Soccer League team
• Boston Bolts, a short-lived American Soccer League team
• Meralco Bolts, a Philippine Basketball Association team
• Hartmut Bölts (born 1961), retired German racing cyclist, brother of Udo Bölts
• Udo Bölts (born 1966), retired German racing cyclist, brother of Hartmut Bölts
• Usain Bolt, (born 1986), Jamaican Olympic world champion sprinter

Technology

• Bolt IoT Platform, an Internet of Things Platform that helps businesses connect their products and machines to the internet.

Other uses

• Bolt (politics), to defect from or rebel against a political party, especially in the United States
• Bolt (web browser)
• Bolt (website), a social networking and video website active from 1996 to 2007
• Bolting (horticulture), the early growth of a flowering stalk in a crop plant
• Chevrolet Bolt, a concept car by General Motors that GM is planning to put into production.
• The BOLT, a bus route run by the Regional Transportation District between Boulder and Longmont, Colorado

See also

• All pages beginning with "Bolt"
• All pages with titles containing Bolt