English Explanatory Dictionary

jolt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
  2. To knock sharply
  3. To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
  4. To shock emotionally.
  5. To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
noun
  1. An act of jolting.
  2. A surprise or shock.
  3. A long prison sentence.
  4. A narcotic injection.
  5. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒɒlt/ /d͡ʒəʊlt/ /d͡ʒoʊlt/ en-us-jolt.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-jolt.wav

Word forms

jolt jolts jolting jolted

Etymology

Perhaps from joll (“to knock, strike”) + -t (frequentative suffix).

Synonyms

jerk surge lurch

Derived words

jolter jolthead jolt head nail jolting joltless joltproof jolty jounce overjolt rejolt

Translations

Bulgarian: удрям силно Finnish: lyödä Finnish: täräyttää German: einen Schlag versetzen Hungarian: megüt Hungarian: rávág Hungarian: rácsap Māori: rutu Serbo-Croatian: tresnuti
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