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Jolt

//d͡ʒoʊlt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of jolting.

    "Timing your first coffee for mid-morning allows the caffeine to work its magic right as your body’s natural energy starts to wane. Instead of a jolt, you get a smooth, effective lift that carries you through the late morning and into the afternoon."

  2. 2
    an abrupt spasmodic movement wordnet
  3. 3
    A surprise or shock.
  4. 4
    a sudden jarring impact wordnet
  5. 5
    A long prison sentence. slang

    "Just sit down and look around for a while. Notice your cell, John. Take a good look at it, because it is going to be your home for the next ten years. Sure! You have just gotten a ten-year "jolt," John; so settle down and be a good prisoner."

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  1. 6
    A narcotic injection. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To push or shake abruptly and roughly. transitive

    "The bus jolted its passengers at every turn."

  2. 2
    disturb (someone's) composure wordnet
  3. 3
    To knock sharply transitive
  4. 4
    move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion wordnet
  5. 5
    To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert transitive

    "I jolted her out of complacency."

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  1. 6
    To shock emotionally. transitive

    "Her untimely death jolted us all."

  2. 7
    To shake; to move with a series of jerks. intransitive

    "The car jolted along the stony path."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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