jolt

Plural: jolts

Noun

• a sudden jarring impact
  • "the door closed with a jolt"
  • "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
• an abrupt spasmodic movement
• An act of jolting.
• A surprise or shock.
• A long prison sentence.
• A narcotic injection.

Verb

Verb Forms: jolted, jolting, jolts

• To move or shake abruptly; to surprise.
• move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
• disturb (someone's) composure
  • "The audience was jolted by the play"
• To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
• To knock sharply
• To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
• To shock emotionally.
• To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

Examples

• Her untimely death jolted us all.
• I jolted her out of complacency.
• The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
• The car jolted along the stony path.
• The sudden high score by his opponent gave him a JOLT of adrenaline in Scrabble.

Synonyms

jar, jerk, jerking, jounce, saccade, shock

Anagrams of jolt