Antonyms for jolting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : johlt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’oÊŠlt |
Definition of jolting
Origin :- 1590s, "a knock," from jolt (v.). Meaning "jarring shock" is from 1630s.
- verb surprise; push suddenly
- Hours and hours—they seemed like years—of jolting over rough roads.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- They could hear the jolting of the laden cart on its way down the glen.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- But the jolting of the coach had so hardly used Crispin that he had to be carried into the hostelry.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- Nelly was quite pleased to feel the jolting of a cart once more.
- Extract from : « The Little Girl Lost » by Eleanor Raper
- The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- The ground was unbelievably rough and the jolting intolerable.
- Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- And the wagon drove off, rattling and jolting over the frozen road.
- Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The door was closed, and the hard, jolting vehicle rumbled on its way.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- Before he was well aware of it, the wagon was jolting into the town.
- Extract from : « The Young Mountaineers » by Charles Egbert Craddock
- The practice of jolting and dandling the infant after eating is a wrong one.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
Synonyms for jolting
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