jolt

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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

Maybe from Middle English jollen.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to jolt

Third person singular
jolts

Simple past
jolted

Past participle
jolted

Present participle
jolting

to 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.

[edit] Translations

(transitive) push or a shake
(transitive) shock into taking action
(transitive) shock emotionally
(intransitive) shake, move with a series of jerks

[edit] Noun

Singular
jolt

Plural
jolts

jolt (plural jolts)

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

[edit] Translations

An act of jolting
A surprise or shock
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