The car gave a jolt.
Source: tatoeba (265544)
Jolt
//d͡ʒoʊlt//
Synonyms for "jolt" (232 found)
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153 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- друсане noun (an act of jolting)
- разтърсване noun (a surprise or shock)
- тръскане noun (an act of jolting)
- шок noun (a surprise or shock)
Catalan
1 entries- sotraguejar verb (to push or shake)
Czech
4 entries- cuknutí noun (an act of jolting)
- otřes noun (a surprise or shock)
- trhnutí noun (an act of jolting)
- škubnutí noun (an act of jolting)
Dutch
4 entries- botsen noun (an act of jolting)
- horten noun (an act of jolting)
- ontnuchtering noun (a surprise or shock)
- schok noun (a surprise or shock)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekskuiĝi verb (to push or shake)
Finnish
4 entries- järkytys noun (a surprise or shock)
- shokki noun (a surprise or shock)
- tärinä noun (an act of jolting)
- tärähdys noun (an act of jolting)
French
4 entries- secousse noun (an act of jolting)
- soubresaut noun (an act of jolting)
- à-coup noun (an act of jolting)
- ballotter verb (to push or shake)
Georgian
4 entries- ნძრევა noun (an act of jolting)
- ნჯღრევა noun (an act of jolting)
- ბიძგი verb (to shock into taking action)
- ნძრევა verb (to push or shake)
German
4 entries- Aufrüttler noun (a surprise or shock)
- Denkzettel noun (a long prison sentence)
- Ruck noun (an act of jolting)
- Rucken noun (an act of jolting)
Hungarian
4 entries- döccenés noun (an act of jolting)
- löket noun (an act of jolting)
- löket noun (a narcotic injection)
- lövés noun (a narcotic injection)
Italian
4 entries- sballottare verb (to push or shake)
- sbalzellare verb (to push or shake)
- scuotere verb (to push or shake)
- sobbalzare verb (to push or shake)
Māori
1 entries- rutu verb (to deal a blow to)
Portuguese
1 entries- sacudir verb (to push or shake)
Russian
4 entries- встря́ска noun (a surprise or shock)
- толчо́к noun (an act of jolting)
- тря́ска noun (an act of jolting)
- уда́р noun (a surprise or shock)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- crathadh noun (an act of jolting)
- crath verb (to push or shake)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- potresti verb (to shock emotionally)
- tresati verb (to push or shake)
- tresati se verb (to shake, move with a series of jerks)
- tresnuti verb (to deal a blow to)
Spanish
3 entries- sacudir verb (to push or shake)
- sacudir verb (to shock emotionally)
- traquetear verb (to shake, move with a series of jerks)
Swedish
3 entries- ryck noun (an act of jolting)
- skakning noun (an act of jolting)
- stöt noun (an act of jolting)
Turkish
1 entries- sarsmak verb (to push or shake)
Ukrainian
4 entries- двигіт noun (a surprise or shock)
- поштовх noun (an act of jolting)
- струс noun (a surprise or shock)
- трясіння noun (an act of jolting)
Walloon
2 entries- cahossî verb (to push or shake)
- kihossî verb (to push or shake)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Suddenly I felt something like a jolt.
Source: tatoeba (2113463)
Yanni's car started to jolt slightly.
Source: tatoeba (9995350)
The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
Source: wiktionary
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