jolt

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. An act of jolting.
2. A surprise or shock.
3. (slang) A long prison sentence.
4. (slang) A narcotic injection.

Synonyms

shake

🫨

jerk

shock

⚡

jar

🫙

bump

swing

rock

🪨

jounce

toss

impact

thrust

yank

startle

jolting

collision

💥

oscillate

upset

tremor

bounce

jostle

shaking

🫨

jog

jiggle

surprise

rattle

vibrate

sway

poke

concussion

nudge

push

joggle

pluck out

blow

stroke

wobble

vibration

thump

twitch

whack

shove

strike

shake up

jerking

quake

roll

saccade

hunting

hit

galvanize

Translations

rütteln

schokken

secouer

sacudir

sacudida

balloter

à-coup

scossa

cahoter

sobbalzo

holpern

schütteln

secousse

wiegen

τίναγμα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɒlt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: jollen

Cognate with Middle English: chollen

In summary

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