jolt

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noun

The definition of a jolt is an abrupt movement or a surprise or shock.
1. An abrupt push in the crowd that pushes you forward is an example of a jolt.
2. A surprise that someone gives you that encourages you to get your life back on track is an example of a jolt.

verb

To jolt is defined as to push, prod, shake, or surprise someone abruptly or in order to make them act, or to lurch or move ungracefully.
1. When you push someone roughly in a crowd, this is an example of a time when you jolt him.
2. When you give someone a surprise to try to wake them up and get them back on track in life, this is an example of a time when you jolt him.
3. When you lurch forward unsteadily, this is an example of a time when you jolt forward.

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jolt

to shake up or jar, as with a bumpy ride or sharp blow
to shock or surprise

Origin of jolt

earlier jot, to jog, bump, of echoic orig: probably influenced, influence by obsolete jowl, to strike

to move along in a bumpy, jerky manner

a sudden jerk or shake, as from a blow
a shock or surprise
a drink of liquor neat

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jolt

verb

jolt·ed, jolt·ing, jolts

verb

transitive

To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly: jolted his opponent with a heavy punch; an impact that jolted the mailbox loose.
To cause to move jerkily: stops and starts that jolted the passengers.
To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow: “Now and then he jolted a nodding reader awake by inserting a witty paragraph” ( Walter Blair )
To make suddenly active or effective: The remark jolted my memory.
To disturb suddenly and severely; stun: She was jolted by the betrayal of her trusted friend.

verb

intransitive

To proceed in an irregular, bumpy, or jerky fashion.

noun

A sudden jarring or jerking motion, as from a blow.
a. A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock.
b. The cause of such a feeling: His resignation was a jolt to the whole staff.
A brief strong portion: a jolt of whiskey.

Origin of jolt

Origin unknown

Related Forms:

jolt′er
noun

jolt′i·ly
adverb

jolt′y
adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present jolts, present participle jolting, simple past and past participle jolted)

To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
The bus jolted its passengers.
To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency
To shock emotionally.
Her untimely death jolted us all.
(intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
The bus jolted along the stony path.