jolt
[noun]
Synonyms:
- jerk, bump, jar, jog, jump, lurch, shake, start
- surprise, blow, bolt from the blue, bombshell, setback, shock
[verb]
Synonyms:
- jerk, jar, jog, jostle, knock, push, shake, shove
- surprise, discompose, disturb, perturb, stagger, startle, stun

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. jolt¹ /dʒəʊlt $ dʒoʊlt/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from joll 'to hit' (15-19 centuries) + jot 'to knock against' (16-19 centuries)]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to move suddenly and roughly, or to make someone or something move in this way Synonym : jerk:
We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.

2. [transitive] to give someone a sudden shock or surprise:
The phone jolted him awake.
jolt somebody into/out of something
It jolted me into making the decision to quit.
Her sharp words seemed to jolt him out of his depression.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. jolt² noun [countable usually singular]

1. a sudden shock
jolt of
Melanie experienced a jolt of surprise.
with a jolt
Henry sat up with a jolt.
The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt.

2. a sudden rough shaking movement:
People felt the first jolt of the earthquake at about 8 am.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

jolt
noun
ADJ. nasty, severe, sharp, sickening, sudden, unpleasant | little, slight
VERB + JOLT feel | give My mother's death gave me a severe jolt.
send | receive She received such a jolt that she nearly dropped her cup.
PHRASES with a ~ The train started with a jolt.
~ of The blow sent a jolt of pain through his body.
~ to His dismissal was a severe jolt to his pride.

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