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jolt

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒlt/

The English word “jolt” has 10 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
  2. To knock sharply
  3. To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
  4. To shock emotionally.
  5. To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

noun

  1. An act of jolting.
  2. A surprise or shock.
  3. A long prison sentence.
  4. A narcotic injection.
  5. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

Etymology

Perhaps from joll (“to knock, strike”) + -t (frequentative suffix).

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