To jolt someone is to disturb them or make them jump. A jolt is sudden and jarring.
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground;
Noun
an abrupt spasmodic movement
Noun
a sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt"
Verb
disturb (someone''s) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play"
Verb
move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
v. i.
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
v. t.
To cause to shake with a sudden 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.
n.
A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
moving over rough ground.
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The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground;
To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse;
A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
Usage Examples
The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It's in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it.
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Other Usage ExamplesA lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.
We had like a jolt of women in country, and it seems like we're just kind of there now.