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v. 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.

v. To cause to move jerkily: stops and starts that jolted the passengers.

v. To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow: "Now and then he jolted a nodding reader awake by inserting a witty paragraph” ( Walter Blair).

v. To make suddenly active or effective: The remark jolted my memory.

v. To disturb suddenly and severely; stun: She was jolted by the betrayal of her trusted friend.

verb-intransitive. To proceed in an irregular, bumpy, or jerky fashion.

n. A sudden jarring or jerking, as from a heavy blow or an abrupt movement. See Synonyms at collision.

n. A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock.

n. The cause of such a feeling: The news came as a jolt.

n. A brief strong portion: a jolt of electricity; a jolt of whiskey.

v. To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

v. To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.

v. To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency

v. To shock emotionally.

v. To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

n. An act of jolting.

n. A surprise or shock.

n. A long prison sentence.

n. A narcotic injection.

verb-intransitive. To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground.

v. 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

v. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock.

v. To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person) suddenly, as if with a blow.

n. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.

n. A physical or psychological shock; see jolt v. t. senses 2 and 3.

n. Something which causes a jolt{2}.

To shake with sudden jerks, as in a carriage on rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse.

To move with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage on rough ground; have a shaking or jerking motion.

n. A shock or shake by a sudden jerk, as in a carriage.

n. plural Cabbage-plants that in the spring go to seed prematurely.

n. Synonyms Collision, Concussion, etc. See shock.

v. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

v. disturb (someone's) composure

n. a sudden jarring impact

n. an abrupt spasmodic movement

"He had come to the decision that Ruth needed what he called a jolt to bring her to herself, much as a sleep-walker is aroused by the touch of"

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move    trouble    upset    disturb    bump    blow    motility    movement    motion   

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Bolt    Colt    Holt    bolt    colt    holt    molt    nolt    revolt    volt   

twinge    shiver    lurch    surge    tingle    spasm    jerk    bump    flicker    gasp