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Definitions for jolt
dʒoʊltjolt

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jolt, jar, jounce, shocknoun

    a sudden jarring impact

    "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"

  2. jerk, jerking, jolt, saccadeverb

    an abrupt spasmodic movement

  3. jolt, jarverb

    move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

  4. joltverb

    disturb (someone's) composure

    "The audience was jolted by the play"

GCIDE

  1. Joltverb

    To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.

  2. Joltverb

    To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person) suddenly, as if with a blow; as, the sight of the house on fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death jolted his idyllic happiness.

  3. Joltnoun

    A physical or psychological shock; see jolt v. t. senses 2 and 3; as, the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside.

  4. Joltnoun

    Something which causes a jolt; as, the bad news was a jolt.

Wiktionary

  1. joltnoun

    An act of jolting.

  2. joltnoun

    A surprise or shock.

  3. joltnoun

    A long prison sentence.

  4. joltnoun

    A narcotic injection.

  5. joltverb

    To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

    The bus jolted its passengers.

  6. joltverb

    To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.

  7. joltverb

    To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency

  8. joltverb

    To shock emotionally.

    Her untimely death jolted us all.

  9. joltverb

    To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

    The bus jolted along the stony path.

  10. Etymology: Maybe from jollen.

ChatGPT

  1. jolt

    A jolt is a sudden, sharp, jerky movement or a shocking surprise or development. It can also refer to a feeling of being abruptly pushed or shaken, either physically or in an emotional sense. In electricity, a jolt could also refer to an abrupt surge of electrical power.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Joltverb

    to shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts

  2. Joltverb

    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

  3. Joltnoun

    a sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground

  4. Etymology: [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.]

Wikidata

  1. Jolt

    Jolt is a fictional character, a superheroine in the Marvel Universe and a member of the Thunderbolts and Young Allies.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jolt

    jōlt, v.i. to shake with sudden jerks.—v.t. to shake with a sudden shock.—n. a sudden jerk.—ns. Jolt′er; Jolt′-head, Jolt′erhead, a blockhead.—adv. Jolt′ingly, in a jolting manner. [Old form joll, prob. conn. with jowl.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jolt in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jolt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of jolt in a Sentence

  1. Naru Guarda Cabaddu:

    We felt a very strong jolt and there was a blackout. I saw people rushing down. We were panicking, heading to the exit.

  2. Ava DuVernay:

    Prince was a genius and a joy and a jolt to the senses, he was like no other.

  3. Adam Massey:

    It's incredibly painful for people and every time it's somewhere new it is a new jolt.

  4. Josh Graves:

    Pemex, Mexico's largest oil company, coming out and cutting off some of the supply could have given the market a bit of a jolt here.

  5. Anthony Fauci:

    It does not have to be 100,000 cases a day, i used that number because I wanted to jolt people.

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  • разтърсвам, потресавамBulgarian
  • aufrütteln, rütteln, holpern, wachrüttelnGerman
  • sacudida, traquetear, sacudirSpanish
  • tärinä, heilahdella, shokki, töniä, ravistaa, täräyttää, lyödä, tönäistä, täristää, järkyttää, vaappua, tärähdys, järkytysFinnish
  • soubresautFrench
  • crathadh, crathScottish Gaelic
  • झटकाHindi
  • ontnuchteren, schokken, kwetsen, botsen, verwarren, horten, schok, verrassing, ontnuchtering, in de war brengenDutch
  • sacudirPortuguese
  • шок, потрясти, тряска, встряска, тряхнуть, толчок, удар, трясти, потрясать, встревожитьRussian
  • stöt, skakning, ryckSwedish
  • 颠簸Chinese

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