'JOLT' definitions:

Definition of 'jolt'

From: WordNet
noun
A sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" [syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock]
noun
An abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade]
verb
Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn: jolt, jar]
verb
Disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play"

Definition of 'Jolt'

From: GCIDE
  • Jolt \Jolt\, n.
  • 1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground. [1913 Webster]
  • The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [PJC]
  • 3. Something which causes a jolt[2]; as, the bad news was a jolt. [PJC]

Definition of 'Jolt'

From: GCIDE
  • Jolt \Jolt\ (j[=o]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.] To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jolt'

From: GCIDE
  • Jolt \Jolt\, v. t.
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed. [PJC]
  • 3. 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. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'jolt'

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Acronyms for 'JOLT'

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