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Webster 1913 Edition
Jolt
Jolt
(jōlt)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jolted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jolting.] To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground;
as, the coach
. jolts
Jolt
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse;
as, the horse
jolts
the rider; fast driving jolts
the carriage and the passengers.Jolt
,Noun.
1.
A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
The first
jolt
had like to have shaken me out. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jolt
JOLT
,Verb.
I.
JOLT
,Verb.
T.
JOLT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
jolt
jolt
English
Verb
jolt (third-person singular simple present jolts, present participle jolting, simple past and past participle jolted)
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- The bus jolted its passengers.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- I jolted her out of complacency.
- (transitive) 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.
Translations
to push or a shake
to shock into taking action
to shock emotionally
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to shake, move with a series of jerks
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Noun
jolt (plural jolts)
- An act of jolting.
- A surprise or shock.
- (slang) A long prison sentence.
- (slang) A narcotic injection.
Coordinate terms
- (prison sentence): bit
Translations
An act of jolting