jolt
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.
to move with a sharp jerk or a series of sharp jerks: The car jolted to a halt.
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
1Other words from jolt
- jolter, noun
- jolt·ing·ly, adverb
- joltless, adjective
- un·jolt·ed, adjective
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How to use jolt in a sentence
Despite a year of tumult and a jolt to its ad revenues, Google is as important as ever.
Investors had seen the deal as a huge win for Nikola, by giving it a massive jolt of credibility.
CASP got the jolt it was looking for when DeepMind entered the competition in 2018 with its first version of AlphaFold.
DeepMind’s protein-folding AI has solved a 50-year-old grand challenge of biology | Will Heaven | November 30, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe jolt is due in part, no doubt, to traders fleeing BitMEX, which has long specialized in such derivatives markets.
Binance CEO: BitMEX indictment is ‘wake-up call’ for cryptocurrency industry | rhhackettfortune | October 21, 2020 | FortuneDemocrats, meanwhile, point to evidence of a jolt of energy on their side.
Republicans face major head winds in final stretch to maintain Senate majority | Rachael Bade, Paul Kane | October 5, 2020 | Washington Post
The whole point of writing for free online, as Justin Hall had shown, was that it produced a jolt of joy.
But the real, unexpected jolt that kicked off the new season was the violent, sudden arrest of Cary.
‘The Good Wife’ Creators on the Premiere’s Big Cary Twist, Will’s Death, and More | Kevin Fallon | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe decrepit BMD came to a stop with a gear-clanking jolt by the water, and within seconds the soldiers broke out the vodka.
It was the jolt needed to get through the last stretch of the summer.
Can Jessie J’s ‘Bang Bang’ Save Us From This Awful Musical Summer? | Kevin Fallon | July 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, yeah, it was a very big hiccup—one sufficiently large to jolt the heart from its regular beat.
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterwards the motion was easy enough.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThis affords the maximum of riding comfort by the elimination of all jar and jolt occasioned by an uneven roadway.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousSo the next day after the funeral, along about noon-time, the girls' joy got the first jolt.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Dissertations on literature, science, and philosophy came as an unexpected jolt.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyA jolt, and you are descending, grip in hand, upon the platform.
American Sketches | Charles Whibley
British Dictionary definitions for jolt
/ (dʒəʊlt) /
to bump against with a jarring blow; jostle
to move in a jolting manner
to surprise or shock
a sudden jar or blow
an emotional shock
Origin of jolt
1Derived forms of jolt
- jolter, noun
- joltingly, adverb
- jolty, adjective
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