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- Dictionaryjolt/dʒəʊlt/
verb
- 1. push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly: "a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards" Similar
noun
- 1. an abrupt rough or violent movement: "he felt a jolt when the plane started to climb" Similar
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to ( cause something or someone to) move suddenly and violently: The train stopped unexpectedly and we were jolted forwards. The truck jolted along the rough track through the field. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making short, sudden movements. aquiver. choppily. choppiness. convulse. convulsion. flick. jar. jerkily. jerkiness. jerky
to shock someone in order to change their behaviour or way of thinking: The charity used photos of starving children in an attempt to jolt the public conscience (= make people feel guilty and take action). jolt someone into/out of something.
The meaning of JOLT is an abrupt, sharp, jerky blow or movement. How to use jolt in a sentence.
to shock someone in order to change their behaviour or way of thinking: The charity used photos of starving children in an attempt to jolt the public conscience (= make people feel guilty and take action). jolt someone into/out of something.
5 meanings: 1. to bump against with a jarring blow; jostle 2. to move in a jolting manner 3. to surprise or shock 4. a sudden.... Click for more definitions.
To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly: jolted his opponent with a heavy punch; an impact that jolted the mailbox loose. 2. To cause to move jerkily: stops and starts that jolted the passengers.
adjective. bumped or shaken jerkily. “the jolted passengers”. synonyms: agitated. physically disturbed or set in motion. adjective. disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock. “retrieved his named from her jolted memory”.
noun. a jolting shock, movement, or blow: The automobile gave a sudden jolt. an emotional or psychological shock: The news of his arrest gave me quite a jolt. something that causes such a shock: The news was a jolt to me. a sudden, unexpected rejection or defeat: Their policy got a rude jolt from the widespread opposition. Slang. a prison sentence.
[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.
verb. /dʒoʊlt/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to move or to make someone or something move suddenly and roughly synonym jerk (+ adv./prep.) The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. The bus jolted to a halt. (figurative) Her heart jolted when she saw him. jolt somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)
