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Added 9 October 2026

jolt

/d͡ʒɒlt/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about jolt at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
To knock sharply
To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
I jolted her out of complacency.

noun

An act of jolting.
A surprise or shock.
A long prison sentence.

Origin

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

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