jolt
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dʒɒlt/, IPA: /dʒəʊlt/
  • (America) IPA: /dʒoʊlt/
Verb

jolt (jolts, present participle jolting; past and past participle jolted)

  1. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
    The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
  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 car jolted along the stony path.
Translations Translations
  • German: einen Schlag versetzen
Translations Translations 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.
Translations Translations
  • German: Schock, Aufrüttler, Waxhrüttler
  • Russian: встря́ска
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