Jolt

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dÊ’É’lt/
• Rhymes: -É’lt

Origin

Maybe from Middle English jollen.

Full definition of jolt

Verb

1. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.The bus jolted its passengers.
2. (transitive) To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
3. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency
4. (transitive) To shock emotionally.Her untimely death jolted us all.
5. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.The bus jolted along the stony path.

Noun

1. An act of jolting.
2. A surprise or shock.
3. (slang) A long prison sentence.
4. (slang) A narcotic injection.

Coordinate terms

• (prison sentence) bit