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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Jolt

/(jōlt)/ · IPA /d͡ʒoʊlt/
01 v. i. To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
imp. & p. p. Jolted
  1. 1.
    To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
02 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 ho…
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of bed.
  3. 3.
    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.
03 n. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
  1. 1.
    A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
    “The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.” — Swift.
  2. 2.
    A physical or psychological shock; see jolt v. t. senses 2 and 3; as, the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside. See: jolt
  3. 3.
    Something which causes a jolt{2}; as, the bad news was a jolt. See: jolt