Bolt and Pick

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Bolt verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Pick and bolt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a verb "Bolt".

Nearby Words: bolted, bolter, bolting

Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.

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Bolt and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bolt" instead a verb "Pick".

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

best	best bolt	best pick
long	long bolt	long pick
typical	typical bolt	typical pick
original	original bolt	original pick
Other adjectives: straight, single, simple, small, powerful, large, little, random, next, last, giant, rotating, electronic.

bolt door

pick door

When you find a shotgun or sniper rifle on the ground, they will have a right-handed ejection port and bolt, but then once you pick it up and use it, the port/bolt is suddenly reversed.

Source: Right-Handed Left-Handed Guns
Or just plain forget what they were supposed to be doing, pick a limb at random and bolt on a replacement.

Source: Mad Doctor
Poke the Poodle: The Lightning Bolt Society commits acts such as gluing change to the ground to confound passers-by trying to pick it up, and that's on a good day.

Source: Western Animation / Sonic Boom

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