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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

... water. At the very last moment deliverance came in an unexpected manner. There was a slight vibration in the timbers of the hut, then a sliding of the whole edifice. This was followed by a snap and a jolt: the ring-bolt or the rope had gone, and old Liz might, with perfect propriety, have exclaimed, in the words of the sea song, "I'm afloat! I'm afloat! and the Rover ...

— The Red Man's Revenge - A Tale of The Red River Flood • R.M. Ballantyne

... sped swiftly forward and deposited Eliot's coffee on the table by his side, rousing him out of his bitter reflections with a jolt. ...

— The Vision of Desire • Margaret Pedler

... After the jolt of the food panic and a brief, financial scare, the vast inertia of everyday life in England asserted itself. When the public went to the banks for the new paper money, the banks tendered gold—apologetically. ...

— Mr. Britling Sees It Through • H. G. Wells

... One of our passengers, a woman with a young child, did not contribute to our enjoyment, or make the ride any more pleasant, for the latter poor unfortunate screamed nearly the whole night through. Occasionally it would settle down into a low whine, when a sudden lurch of the waggon or a severe jolt would set it off again with full force. The night was very dark, and continued so throughout, with dashes of rain. The roads were very bad, and two or three times we had to get out and walk, a thing we did not relish, as it was almost ...

— Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago • Canniff Haight

... as they are does then but slightly mitigate the jolt, jolt, jolt we get when we pass over the facts of the world. Everywhere indeterminate variables, subject only to these few vague enveloping laws, independent in all besides.—such ...

— The Will to Believe - and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy • William James

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