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Jolt

noun

A sudden jarring impact. Synonyms: jar, jounce, shock. "All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"

An abrupt spasmodic movement. Synonyms: jerk, jerking, saccade.

verb

(past & past part. jolted; pres. part. jolting)

Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion. Synonym: jar.

Disturb (someone's) composure.

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"Jolt" Quotes from Famous Books

... except possibly General Thario and others in similar position, was enjoying the new comradeinarms atmosphere the abortive war had brought on, a sudden series of submarine attacks on the Pacific Fleet provided a disagreeable jolt and ended the bloodless stage of the conflict. Tried and proved methods of detection and defense became useless; the warships were nothing more than targets for the ...

— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore

... ruts was worse than uncomfortable. She had to hold on to the seat to keep from being thrown out. The horses did not appreciably change their gait for rough sections of the road. Then a more severe jolt brought Carley's knee in violent contact with an iron bolt on the forward seat, and it hurt her so acutely that she had to bite her lips to keep from screaming. A smoother stretch of road did not come any too soon ...

— The Call of the Canyon • Zane Grey

... limousine found himself in impenetrable darkness; for dark blue blinds covered all the windows. He lay back, endeavoring to determine what should be his next move. The car started with a perfect action, and without the slightest jolt or jar. By reason of the light which suddenly shone in through the chinks of the blinds, he knew that he was outside the covered courtyard; then he became aware that a sharp turning had been taken to the left, followed almost immediately, by one ...

— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer

... yes, easy. There wasn't any trouble about that. You see the old man worked up a sort of jolt in wholesale leather on one side, and I fixed up a strike of the hands on the other. We passed the dividend two quarters running, and within a year we had them all scared out and the bulk of the little shareholders, of course, trooped out ...

— Further Foolishness • Stephen Leacock

... in you not to help us; for you knowed where we were fast enough, because, while I laid in the mud, I'm pretty sure I heard you snigger: so it's like enough you jostled us down yourself; for Monsieur Du Bois says, that he is sure he had a great jolt given him, or he shouldn't ...

— Evelina • Fanny Burney

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