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- DictionaryJolt/jōlt/
verb
- 1. push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly: "a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forward"
noun
- 1. an abrupt rough or violent movement: "he felt a jolt when the plane started to climb"
1. : an abrupt, sharp, jerky blow or movement. awoke with a jolt. 2. a (1) : a sudden feeling of shock, surprise, or disappointment. the news gave them a jolt. (2) : an event or development causing such a feeling.
to shock someone in order to change their behaviour or way of thinking: The charity used photos of starving children in an attempt to jolt the public conscience (= make people feel guilty and take action). jolt someone into/out of something. to give someone a sudden shock that forces them to act:
to bring to a desired state sharply or abruptly: to jolt a person into awareness. to make active or alert, as by using an abrupt, sharp, or rough manner: to jolt someone's memory. to interfere with or intrude upon, especially in a rough or crude manner; interrupt disturbingly.
to cause something or someone to move suddenly and violently, or to surprise someone in an unpleasant way: I was jolted out of bed by the earthquake. He was jolted by the sight of bodies lying in the lobby.
To jolt someone is to disturb them or make them jump. A jolt is sudden and jarring. Jolting disturbs or surprises people. If you surprise someone and they jump up a little, you jolted them. Alarm clocks jolt people out of sleep. A sudden crack of thunder could provide a jolt.
5 meanings: 1. to bump against with a jarring blow; jostle 2. to move in a jolting manner 3. to surprise or shock 4. a sudden.... Click for more definitions.
jolt meaning, definition, what is jolt: to move suddenly and roughly, or to make...: Learn more.
