sit bolt upright

to sit up straight. Tony sat bolt upright and listened to what the teacher was saying to him. After sitting bolt upright for almost an hour in that crowded airplane, I swore I would never fly again.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nebo	-	Biblical
Hovik	-	Armenian
FehİMe	-	Turkish
Werknesh	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Helga	HEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian
Sylvester	[sil'vestə]