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JOLT
jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
(noun) an abrupt spasmodic movement
jolt, jar, jounce, shock
(noun) a sudden jarring impact; “the door closed with a jolt”; “all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers”
jolt
(verb) disturb (someone’s) composure; “The audience was jolted by the play”
jolt, jar
(verb) move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
jolt (third-person singular simple present jolts, present participle jolting, simple past and past participle jolted)
(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
(transitive) To knock sharply
(transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
(transitive) To shock emotionally.
(intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
Noun
jolt (plural jolts)
An act of jolting.
A surprise or shock.
(slang) A long prison sentence.
(slang) A narcotic injection.
Coordinate terms
• (prison sentence): bit
Source: Wiktionary
Jolt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.] Etym: [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.]
Definition: To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Jolt, v. t.
Definition: 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.
Jolt, n.
Definition: A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground. The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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