Jolt
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
jolt
n 1: a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt";
"all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock
absorbers" [syn: {jolt}, {jar}, {jounce}, {shock}]
2: an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: {jerk}, {jerking}, {jolt},
{saccade}]
v 1: move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn:
{jolt}, {jar}]
2: disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by
the play"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jolt \Jolt\, v. t.
1. To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or
electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of
bed.
[PJC]
3. To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person)
suddenly, as if with a blow; as, the sight of the house on
fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death
jolted his idyllic happiness.
[PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jolt \Jolt\, n.
1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
moving over rough ground.
[1913 Webster]
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
--Swift.
[1913 Webster]
2. A physical or psychological shock; see {jolt} v. t. senses
2 and 3; as, the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his
sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the
ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside.
[PJC]
3. Something which causes a {jolt}[2]; as, the bad news was a
jolt.
[PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jolt \Jolt\ (j[=o]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jolted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig.
meaning, to knock on the head. See {Jowl}.]
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
213 Moby Thesaurus words for "jolt":
agitate, amaze, amble, assault, astonish, astound, barge, bear,
bear upon, bearing, blow, bob, bobble, bombshell, boost, bounce,
bowl along, bowl down, bowl over, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump,
bump against, bundle, bunt, butt, butt against, chatter, clash,
clump, collision, concussion, cram, crash, crowd, daze, didder,
dig, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, disturb,
dither, draft, drag, dram, drench, drink, drive, drop, dumbfound,
elbow, electrify, falter, flounce, flurry, fluster, flutter, foot,
footslog, force, frighten, fuss, gargle, goad, grimace, guzzle,
halt, have an ague, head, hippety-hop, hit, hitch, hobble, hop,
hurtle, hustle, jab, jactitate, jam, jar, jerk, jig, jigger,
jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jostle, jounce, jump, knock, libation,
limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, nip, nudge, pace, paddle, peg,
percussion, perturb, piaffe, piaffer, pile drive, plod, poke,
potation, potion, prance, press, pressure, prod, pull, punch, push,
quake, quaver, quiver, rack, ram, ram down, rattle, rictus, rock,
roll, round, round of drinks, ruffle, run, run against, sashay,
saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shake up, shamble, shiver,
shock, shot, shoulder, shove, shudder, shuffle, sidle, single-foot,
sip, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slug, snifter, snort,
spot, stagger, stalk, stamp, start, startle, stir, stomp, straddle,
straggle, stress, stride, strike, strike dumb, stroll, strut,
stump, stun, stupefy, suck, sup, surprise, swagger, swig, swill,
swing, take aback, tamp, thrust, tic, tittup, toddle, tot, totter,
traipse, tremble, tremor, trip, trouble, trudge, turn, twitch,
twitter, unsettle, upset, vibrate, waddle, wamble, wet, wiggle,
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