jolt
verb/dʒəʊlt/
/dʒəʊlt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jolt | /dʒəʊlt/ /dʒəʊlt/ |
| he / she / it jolts | /dʒəʊlts/ /dʒəʊlts/ |
| past simple jolted | /ˈdʒəʊltɪd/ /ˈdʒəʊltɪd/ |
| past participle jolted | /ˈdʒəʊltɪd/ /ˈdʒəʊltɪd/ |
| -ing form jolting | /ˈdʒəʊltɪŋ/ /ˈdʒəʊltɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move or to make somebody/something move suddenly and roughly synonym jerk
- (+ adv./prep.) The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground.
- We were jolting along at about five miles an hour.
- The bus jolted to a halt.
- (figurative) Her heart jolted when she saw him.
- jolt somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) He was jolted forwards as the bus moved off.
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- [transitive] to give somebody a sudden shock, especially so that they start to take action or deal with a situation
- jolt somebody/something (into something) His remark jolted her into action.
- The sound jolted my memory, and I suddenly remembered what had happened.
- jolt somebody/something (out of something) a method of jolting the economy out of recession
- jolt somebody/something + adj. I was suddenly jolted awake.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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