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/dʒˈoʊltɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Jolt v. t.

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.

To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.

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.

Jolt v. i. (past & past part. jolted; pres. part. jolting) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

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Etymology of 'Jolting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jolting" Quotes from Famous Books

... covered by a hood of matting, and a mattress inside eases the jolting by day, and serves as ...

— Burma - Peeps at Many Lands • R.Talbot Kelly

... and Roger saw their unit-mate pound straight, powerful, jolting lefts and rights into the pirate's mid-section until they thought he would put his fist ...

— On the Trail of the Space Pirates • Carey Rockwell

... officer spurred his horse into a canter until his scabbard clattered at young Bellairs' boot. Nothing but the rattling and the jolting of the guns and ammunition-wagon was audible, except just on ahead of them the click-clack, click-click-clack of the advance-guard. To the right and left of them the shadowy forms of giant banian-trees loomed and slid past them as they had done for the past ...

— Told in the East • Talbot Mundy

... commence almost as soon as they are born, as they must accompany their mothers in their annual migrations; and no sooner can the young Arab sit astride and hold on than he is placed behind his father's saddle, to which he clings, while he bumps upon the bare back of the jolting camel. Nature quickly arranges a horny protection to the nerves, by the thickening of the skin; thus, an Arab's opinion of the action of a riding hygeen should never be accepted without a personal trial. What appears ...

— In the Heart of Africa • Samuel White Baker

... After jolting over half a mile of very bad road, the carriage stopped at a mean vulgar-looking mansion, with dirty windows, ruinous ...

— Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

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