jolt

[ johlt ]

/ dʒoʊlt /

verb (used with object)

to jar, shake, or cause to move by or as if by a sudden rough thrust; shake up roughly: The bus jolted its passengers as it went down the rocky road.

to knock sharply so as to dislodge: He jolted the nail free with a stone.

to stun with a blow, especially in boxing.

to shock emotionally or psychologically: His sudden death jolted us all.

to bring to a desired state sharply or abruptly: to jolt a person into awareness.

to make active or alert, as by using an abrupt, sharp, or rough manner: to jolt someone's memory.

to interfere with or intrude upon, especially in a rough or crude manner; interrupt disturbingly.

verb (used without object)

to move with a sharp jerk or a series of sharp jerks: The car jolted to a halt.

noun

a jolting shock, movement, or blow: The automobile gave a sudden jolt.

an emotional or psychological shock: The news of his arrest gave me quite a jolt.

something that causes such a shock: The news was a jolt to me.

a sudden, unexpected rejection or defeat: Their policy got a rude jolt from the widespread opposition.

Slang. a prison sentence.

Slang. an injection of a narcotic.

a bracing dose of something: a jolt of whiskey; a jolt of fresh air.

Origin of jolt

1590–1600; blend of jot to jolt and joll to bump, both now dial.

OTHER WORDS FROM jolt

jolt·er, noun jolt·ing·ly, adverb jolt·less, adjective un·jolt·ed, adjective

Words nearby jolt

jolly boat, jolly jumper, jolly roger, jolo, jolson, jolt, jolty, jomo, jomon, jon, jon.

Example sentences from the Web for jolt

The whole point of writing for free online, as Justin Hall had shown, was that it produced a jolt of joy.

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It was the jolt needed to get through the last stretch of the summer.

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So, yeah, it was a very big hiccup—one sufficiently large to jolt the heart from its regular beat.

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Some people, they soon realized, needed a second jolt—and there was an awful smell of burnt flesh.

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King was later said to have been within a sneeze or a jolt of extinction.

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The road was almost impassable, and every jolt caused him agony.

Captain Jinks, Hero |Ernest Crosby
About this time a brick came through the window with a splintering crash, and gave me a considerable of a jolt in the back.

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I've been in it before—and when you see a man get a jolt of that stuff just once, you never forget it.

Triplanetary |Edward Elmer Smith
God knows I suppose the woman is always finer clay than the man—yet it comes with a jolt, just the same.

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With a jolt Conrad sets the crucifix down and leans it against one of the large trees.

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British Dictionary definitions for jolt

jolt

/ (dʒəʊlt) /

verb (tr)

to bump against with a jarring blow; jostle

to move in a jolting manner

to surprise or shock

noun

a sudden jar or blow

an emotional shock

Derived forms of jolt

jolter, noun joltingly, adverb jolty, adjective

Word Origin for jolt

C16: probably blend of dialect jot to jerk and dialect joll to bump

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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jolt

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

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Example sentences from the Web for jolt

British Dictionary definitions for jolt

verb (tr)

noun

Derived forms of jolt

Word Origin for jolt

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

jolt

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

Origin of jolt

OTHER WORDS FROM jolt

Words nearby jolt

Words related to jolt

Example sentences from the Web for jolt

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