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jolt
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jolt \Jolt\, n.
1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
moving over rough ground.
[1913 Webster]
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
--Swift.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[PJC]
3. Something which causes a jolt[2]; as, the bad news was a
jolt.
[PJC]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jolt \Jolt\ (j[=o]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.] To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jolt \Jolt\, v. t.
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or
electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of
bed.
[PJC]
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.
[PJC]
