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noun

Jolt n.

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."

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.

Something which causes a jolt (2); as, the bad news was a jolt.

verb

Jolt v. t.

To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an 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.

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

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.

Jolt v. i. (past & past part. jolted; pres. part. jolting) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

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"Jolt" Quotes from Famous Books

... alma; no! I think I go to die on that treep from Santa Barbara—so jolt. I am too old to travel. Once I think I like see Spain; but now I only want be comfortable. Well, si you change the mind and come sometime, I am delight. But I go now: feel like I am old flower wither ...

— The Californians • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... running round the edge. I was quite prepared to be sick or at least giddy. But I was pleasantly disappointed. My journey took about a quarter of an hour; walking it would have taken about three hours of very stiff climbing. The motion is quite steady, except for a slight jolt as one passes each standard, and, provided one sits still and doesn't shift one's centre of gravity from side to side, there is no wobbling of the tea tray. And looking down from time to time I saw ...

— With British Guns in Italy - A Tribute to Italian Achievement • Hugh Dalton

... A sudden jolt interrupted this pastime, and the warning screech of the brakes informed that he had no time to scheme, but had best continue on the plan of action that had brought him thus far—that is, trust to his star and accept what should befall ...

— The Black Bag • Louis Joseph Vance

... myself suddenly awakened with a violent pull upon the ring, which was fastened at the top of my box for the conveniency of carriage. I felt my box raised very high in the air, and then borne forward with prodigious speed. The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock. I called out several times, but all to no purpose. I looked towards my windows, and could see nothing but the clouds and the sky. I heard a noise just over my head, like the clapping of wings, and then began to perceive the ...

— An English Grammar • W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

... At the same instant a formidable cry, which will never be effaced from my remembrance,—the cry of Capitana!—was uttered by Isidro. The mule reared up almost vertically, raising up one of the men, came down again, and set off at a rapid gallop. The jolt which the carriage made led us to understand too well what had just occurred. A long silence succeeded this incident; it was only interrupted by these words of the calezero, "Do you not think, gentlemen, that my mule is worth ...

— Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men • Francois Arago

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