Synonyms for jolt

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : johlt

Phonetic Transcription : dʒoʊlt

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Définition of jolt

Origin : 1590s, perhaps from Middle English jollen, chollen "to knock, to batter" (early 15c.), or an alteration of obsolete jot (v.) "to jostle" (1520s). Perhaps related to earlier jolt head "a big, stupid head" (1530s). Figurative sense of "to startle, surprise" is from 1872. Related: Jolted; jolting.

noun surprise; sudden push
verb surprise; push suddenly

Example sentences :

The "Compact" swung and tilted with the jolt of her energetic movements.
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

I had had the jolt that I needed from life—its agony and bloody sweat, its mystery.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

He, too, reined up with a jolt and leaped out of the saddle.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

He sat down with a jolt, and glared fiercely at his friend beside him.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

You bandy-legged rat, get up there, or I'll give you a jolt.
Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl

She'll be killed, too, if you jolt me—the shock'll pass to her.
Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl

The cab stopped with a jolt; they were at St. Pancras station.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

To be shore, if anything happens, you're in for a jo-darter of a jolt.
Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis

But that fat man got his jolt finally, just the same, and got it good, too.
Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans

Just from that you can realize how he had me guessing, for it takes quite some jolt to make me coy.
Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans

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