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[johlt]

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verb (used with object)

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.

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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.

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verb (used without object)

to move with a sharp jerk or a series of sharp jerks: The car jolted to a halt.

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noun

a jolting shock, movement, or blow: The automobile gave a sudden jolt.

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an emotional or psychological shock: The news of his arrest gave me quite a jolt.

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something that causes such a shock: The news was a jolt to me.

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a sudden, unexpected rejection or defeat: Their policy got a rude jolt from the widespread opposition.

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Slang. a prison sentence.

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Slang. an injection of a narcotic.

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a bracing dose of something: a jolt of whiskey; a jolt of fresh air.

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Origin:
1590–1600; blend of jot to jolt and joll to bump, both now dial.

Related forms

jolt·er, noun

jolt·ing·ly, adverb

jolt·less, adjective

un·jolt·ed, adjective

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Example Sentences

It's hard to describe the perverse jolt of excitement that this journalist feels.

She spits mescal on the person being cleansed to give a jolt to her system.

The right auditory environment can also deliver a jolt to revenue.

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It's hard to describe the perverse jolt of excitement that this journalist feels.

She spits mescal on the person being cleansed to give a jolt to her system.

The right auditory environment can also deliver a jolt to revenue.

The capsule failed to release until a jolt apparently freed the capsule.

Sleeping with a lonely heart brings a hormone jolt in the morning.

And a creamy mustard-dill sauce gets a jolt from green peppercorns.

Groves said the bra can tell the difference between changes in heart rate induced by exercise and a jolt sparked by fear.

Unemployed men while away hours on front stoops, taxis jolt gingerly down pitted and.

In my experience, the desire for that jolt of caffeine is a great antidote to procrastination.

Second, hopes for an immediate jolt of activity were misplaced.

They froze whenever they heard it, anxiously anticipating a jolt that never came.

But instead of getting electricity from a wall socket, the first jolt comes from a small solar panel.

But the gate provides a pleasant jolt of vibrant red, a hue that repeats on.

Some people can't start their day without a caffeine jolt from a cup of coffee.

His gray plastic facemask had been enlarged and reinforced so that the jolt of contact would be absorbed more comfortably.

I'd seen men do it often, but to see a woman do it was a jolt.

Trinidad's ten-year energy boom has suffered a jolt from falling oil and gas prices.

Gliding above a fish, the ray stuns it with a jolt of electricity.

The result is a curiously powerful daily jolt of reminiscence.

It's hard to describe the perverse jolt of excitement that this journalist feels every.

Two months ago, the company was given its first nasty jolt.

The mighty jolt of cosmic birth probably also generated gravity waves, which would still be resonating through the cosmos.

The resulting jolt of electricity has given a new life to hacked, underground applications.

As you state in your blog, last spring's stimulus was not big enough to jolt the economy.

Perhaps the cataclysmic jolt of a collapsing star could somehow be harnessed to produce gamma rays.

Provost allows, and it won't arrive in a single revolutionary jolt but by innumerable incremental innovations over time.

They have already given some emerging-market banks a nasty jolt.

According to witnesses, the second jolt caused his blood vessels to burst and his skin to catch fire.

All other things being equal, when the ball receives a jolt of energy, it is more likely to drop down a step than to pop up one.

He wants to jolt people out of an overfocus on the electric car.

But a considerable jolt is going to be needed if a lasting attenuation of civic purpose and courage is to be averted.

By going into short term fix such as austeriety measure will not bode well to come out of the jolt of economic recovery.

If this wave of protectionsim is there,this might jolt the whole world.

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World English Dictionary

jolt (dʒəʊlt)

—vb
1.	to bump against with a jarring blow; jostle
2.	to move in a jolting manner
3.	to surprise or shock

—n
4.	a sudden jar or blow
5.	an emotional shock

[C16: probably blend of dialect jot to jerk and dialect joll to bump]

'jolter

—n

'joltingly

—*adv*

'jolty

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

jolt

1599, perhaps from M.E. jollen, chollen "to knock, to batter" (c.1430), or an alteration of obs. jot (v.) "to jostle" (1530). Fig. sense of "to startle, surprise" is from 1872. Perhaps related to earlier jolt head "a big, stupid head" (1533).

Slang Dictionary

jolt definition

n.
the degree of potency of the alcohol in liquor. : It doesn't have much of a jolt.
n.
a drink of strong liquor. : He knocked back a jolt and asked for another.
n.
a portion or dose of a drug. (Drugs.) : How about a little jolt as a taste?
n.
the rushfrom an injection of drugs. (Drugs.) : This stuff doesn't have much jolt.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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