Jolt

Quick meaning: Jolt is a verb meaning (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

Meaning

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To knock sharply
2. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
3. (transitive) To shock emotionally.
4. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
5. An act of jolting.
6. A surprise or shock.
7. (slang) A long prison sentence.

Example Sentences

I jolted her out of complacency.

Her untimely death jolted us all.

The car jolted along the stony path.

The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.

Word Forms

• jolts
• jolting
• jolted

Synonyms for jolt

Depending on context, synonyms include jerk, surge, lurch, jounce, jerking, jar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jounce, jerking, jerk, jar, shake, tremor.

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