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Webster 1913 Edition


Jolt

Jolt

(jōlt)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jolted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jolting.]
[Prob. fr.
jole
,
joll
,
jowl
, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See
Jowl
.]
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.
To shake with short abrupt risings and fallings; as a carriage moving on rough ground. The carriage jolts.

JOLT

,
Verb.
T.
To shake with sudden jerks, as in a carriage on rough ground, or on a high trotting horse; as the horse or carriage jolts the rider.

JOLT

,
Noun.
A shock or shake by a sudden jerk, as in a carriage.

Definition 2024


jolt

jolt

English

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
    The bus jolted its passengers.
  2. (transitive) To knock sharply
  3. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
    I jolted her out of complacency.
  4. (transitive) To shock emotionally.
    Her untimely death jolted us all.
  5. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
    The bus jolted along the stony path.

Translations

Noun

jolt (plural jolts)

  1. An act of jolting.
  2. A surprise or shock.
  3. (slang) A long prison sentence.
  4. (slang) A narcotic injection.

Coordinate terms

  • (prison sentence): bit

Translations