Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

    The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.

    schütteln, durchrütteln

    трясти́trjastí, тряхну́тьtrjaxnútʹ

    трястиtrjasty, стрясатиstrjasaty

  2. (transitive)To knock sharply

  3. (transitive)To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

    I jolted her out of complacency.

    aufrütteln, wachrütteln

  4. (transitive)To shock emotionally.

    Her untimely death jolted us all.

    schwer treffen, erschüttern

    потряса́тьpotrjasátʹ, потрясти́potrjastí, встрево́житьvstrevóžitʹ

    стрясатиstrjasaty, шокуватиšokuvaty

  5. (intransitive)To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

    The car jolted along the stony path.

    holpern, rütteln, ruckeln

    трястисьtrjastisʹ

    трястисяtrjastysja

More definitions
  • disturb (someone's) composure
  • move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

Examples

21 sentences

  1. The car gave a jolt.

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  2. Yanni's car started to jolt slightly.

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  3. The bus jolted over the rough road.

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  4. Suddenly I felt something like a jolt.

    dePlötzlich fühlte ich so etwas wie eine Erschütterung.

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  5. She jolted her head back in surprise.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to push or shake:
to shock emotionally:
to shake, move with a series of jerks:
Русский
By meaning 3
to push or shake:
to shock emotionally:
to shake, move with a series of jerks:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to deal a blow to:
to push or shake:
to shock into taking action:
to shock emotionally:
to shake, move with a series of jerks:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

jolts, jolting, jolted, jolted
Base formjolt · to jolt
3rd person singularjolts
Present participlejolting
Past simplejolted
Past participlejolted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjolt
he, she, itjolts

Past simpleLesson

all personsjolted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jolted
he, she, ithas jolted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jolt

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion:jar

Word family

9 related words
Derivedjolterjoltheadjoltingjoltlessjoltproofjoltyjounceoverjoltrejolt

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jollyjonesjongjordan
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