jolt

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɒlt/, SAMPA: /dZQlt/
• Rhymes: -ɒlt

Etymology

Maybe from Middle English jollen.

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; to deal a blow to.
3. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone 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

(transitive) push or a shake

Finnish: tärähtää (fi), täristä (fi) Portuguese: sacudir (pt) Scottish Gaelic: crath (gd)

Spanish: sacudir (es)

(transitive) shock into taking action

German: aufrütteln, wachrütteln

(transitive) shock emotionally

German: schwer treffen

(intransitive) shake, move with a series of jerks

German: holpern, rütteln

Spanish: traquetear (es)

Noun

jolt (plural jolts)

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

Translations

An act of jolting

Dutch: schokken (nl), horten (nl), botsen (nl) Finnish: tärinä, tärähdys

Scottish Gaelic: crathadh (gd) m.

A surprise or shock

Dutch: schok, verrassing, ontnuchtering

Finnish: järkytys, shokki