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1. (v.t.) jolt
to cause to move by or as if by sudden rough jerks or bumps; shake up roughly.
2. jolt
to knock sharply so as to move or dislodge; jar.
3. jolt
to shock or startle.
4. jolt
to bring to a specified state sharply or abruptly:
to jolt someone into awareness.
5. jolt
to interfere with, esp. in a rough manner.
6. (v.i.) jolt
to move with a sharp jerk or a series of sharp jerks.
7. (n.) jolt
a jolting movement or blow.
8. jolt
a psychological shock.
9. jolt
a sudden, unexpected setback.
10. jolt
a bracing dose of something:
a jolt of whiskey.
Etymology: (1590–1600; b. jot to jolt and joll to bump, both now dial.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jolt, jar, jounce, shock
a sudden jarring impact
"the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
2. (verb) jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
an abrupt spasmodic movement
3. (verb) jolt, jar
move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
4. (verb) jolt
disturb (someone's) composure
"The audience was jolted by the play"
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1. (verb) jolt
to move or make move roughly; = jerk
a bus jolting over mountain roads; The noise jolted him awake.; We stopped with a jolt.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) jolt
a sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground
2. (verb) jolt
to shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts
3. (verb) jolt
to cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers
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Sense: to move jerkily
The bus jolted along the road.
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 Afrikaans: stamp, skommel |
 Arabic: يُهَزهِز، يَرْتَج |
 Bulgarian: друсам |
 Brazilian: sacudir |
 Czech: drkotat |
 German: holpern |
 Danish: bumpe |
 Greek: τραντάζομαι |
 Spanish: traquetear |
 Estonian: rappuma |
 Farsi: تکان تکان خوردن |
 Finnish: hytkyä |
 French: avancer en cahotant |
 Hebrew: לְהִיטַלטֵל |
 Hindi: हिलाना |
 Croatian: tresti, drmati |
 Hungarian: döcög |
 Indonesian: menyentak |
 Icelandic: hrista; rykkja |
 Italian: procedere a sobbalzi |
 Japanese: 揺れながら動く |
 Korean: 덜커덩 흔들리다 |
 Lithuanian: kratytis |
 Latvian: kratīties (braucot) |
 Malay: bergoncang |
 Dutch: voortschokken |
 Norwegian: riste, skumpe, humpe |
 Polish: telepać się |
 Persian: تکان تکان خوردن |
 Pashto: نابوبره خوځيدل، ټكان خوړل |
 Portuguese: sacudir |
 Romanian: a hurduca |
 Russian: трястись |
 Slovak: hegať, natriasať sa |
 Slovenian: poskakovati |
 Serbian: drmati |
 Swedish: skaka, skumpa |
 Thai: โคลงเคลง |
 Turkish: sarsıla sarsıla gitmek |
 Taiwanese: 顛簸而行 |
 Ukrainian: трясти(ся) |
 Urdu: دھچکا لگانا |
 Vietnamese: chạy xóc nảy lên |
 Chinese: 颠簸而行 |
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