Jolt

Definition: Jolt

Jolt

Noun

1. A sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt".

2. An abrupt spasmodic movement.

Verb

1. Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion.

2. Disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jolt" was first used: 1599. (references)

Computing

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JOLT

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Synonyms: Jolt

Agitation

Noun: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; quassation; shuffling c. Verb: twitter, flicker, flutter.

Agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Noun: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw; explosion; (violence); propulsion.

Crosswords: Jolt

Manx (drop), Swedish (silly talk).

I got this jolt that something bigger is out there (City of Angels; writing credit: Wim Wenders; Peter Handke)

I'm the one with the hangover. B-12, B-Complex, Crude Liver, and a generous jolt of adrenal cortex (S.O.B.; writing credit: Blake Edwards)

We're trying to give a jolt to your system (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

A Jolt for General Germ (1930)

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Books

• A systemic jolt to "family game" : the new method (reference)

• Creative Jolt (reference)

• Creative Jolt Inspirations (reference)

• Jolt, Developer's Toolkit (reference)

• Jolt, Games (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Jolt (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Jolt Pak (reference)

• Joytech Dual Jolt Controller in Metallic Red (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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There was a small soft jolt as he went under the wheels

The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterwards the motion was easy enough

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Expressions using "jolt": give jolt ♦ jolt moulding ♦ jolt moulding machine ♦ shockless jolt moulding machine. Additional references.

Albanian

tundje (agitation, beating, flourish, jar, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolting, misdoubt, nutation, oscillation, reel, rumble-tumble, shake, shaking, shimmy, sway, swing, teeter, thrill, tossing, waddle, wag, waggle, wave, wiggle, wiggle-waggle), tund (appal, appall, beat up, convulse, dandle, dangle, jar, jiggle, jog, joggle, shake, shake up, switch, wag, waggle, wield), troshitje (jerk, tossing), troshis (shake), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shkundje (jar, jog, shake up, toss), lëkundem (dangle, falter, halt, hang, hesitate, jumble, nod, nutate, oscillate, pendulate, reel, rock, shake, shift, stagger, sway, swing, totter, vacillate, vibrate, wabble, wallow, wamble, waver, wobble), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزة (concussion, jerk, jolting, shake, shock, wag), ‏هز (agitate, bob, concuss, convulse, rattle, ring, rock, shake, shock, stir, swing, twitter, vibrate, wag, waggle), ‏سقوط (chute, descent, downfall, drop, falling, fallout, incidence, overthrow, overturn, plunge, spilling, tumble), ‏سدد لكمة, ‏ضايق (aggrieve, annoy, bully, distress, disturb, dog, fret, get in the way, gnaw, grate, grill, harass, harrow, harry, incommode, inconvenience, irk, jar, molest, nag, persecute, pester, pick, rag, rattle, saddle, torment), ‏ضربة شديدة, ‏صدمة (concussion, hit, impact, jar, shock, stun, trauma), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏إرتج (bolt, jar, throb, toss), ‏أزعج (ail, annoy, beset, bother, burn, discompose, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, get in the way, get on smb.'s nerves, gig, gnaw, grate, hamper, harass, importune, incommode, inconvenience, infest, intrude, irk, irritate, molest, nag, niggle, obsess, offend, pain, peck, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, possess, prickle, put out, rasp, rattle, ruffle, saddle, torment, trouble, upset, vex). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сътресение (commotion, concussion, convulsion, earthquake, jar, percussion, shake, shock), разтърсвам (jounce, shake up, startle), разколебавам, раздрусване (jounce, shake), раздрусвам (concuss, jounce), шок (jar, knock, shake, shock, turn), внезапен силен удар, неприятна изненада, нанасям силен удар на, нанасям бърз удар на, изненадвам неприятно, друсане (bump, bumpy ride, jerk, joggle, jolting, jumble, rumble-tumble, shaking), друсам (jig, joggle, jounce, jumble, jump, shake). (various references)

Chinese 

� 簸 (jolted, jolting, Jounced, jouncing), 顛 (inverted, top). (various references)

Czech

trhnutí (jerk, pluck, pull, recoil, start, wrench, yank), strkat se (jostle, jounce, shoulder, shove), smýknutí (jerk), otřásat (vibrate), kodrcat se. (various references)

Danish

rysteformemaskine (jolt moulding machine, shockless jolt moulding machine). (various references)

Dutch

schokken (agitate, jerk, shake, shock). (various references)

Esperanto

ekskui (jerk, shake). (various references)

Farsi 

یکه (Lone, Univalent), تکان خوردن (Jounce, Quake, Scud, Sniggle, Vibrate, Wag), تکان دادن (Budge, Convulse, Hitch, Hustle, Impulse, Jar, Jounce, Move, Shake, Startle, Stir, Twiddle, Wag, Wiggle), تکان (Convulsion, Hustle, Jar, Jerk, Jostle, Motion, Move, Movement, Rock, Shake, Shock, Stroke, Tremor, Wag), تلق تلق , ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), دست اندازداشتن . (various references)

Finnish

täristä (shake, tremble). (various references)

French

soubresaut, secousse (jolting), secouer (give jolt), saccade, pousser (jog, jostle), harceler, ennuyer, donner un coup, coup dur, chute, choc, cahoter, cahotage (jolting), cahot, ébranler. (various references)

German

rütteln (agitate, buffeting, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolting, jounce, rattle, riddle, shake, shake about, shock, shudder, sieve, to jiggle, to jog, to jolt, to jounce). (various references)

Greek 

τραντάζω (jar, rattle, shake). (various references)

Hebrew 

לזעזע (agitate, convulse, jar, shake, shock, stagger, startle, stun), ל�"קפיץ (galvanize, promote, spring, startle), ל�"�"וף (bear down, beat off, blast, fend off, fight off, hold off, push, repel, repulse, shove, stave off, ward off), �"לם (shock, strike, trauma), �"�"יפ�" (kick, lunge, lurch, push, thrust). (various references)

Hungarian

zökkenés (bump, hitch, jar, jerk, jump), rázás (jig, jog, jumping, shake, shaking, stroke, thrash), zötykölődés, rángatás (lug), rángás (clonus, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, twitch), megrázkódtatás (concussion, convulsion, jar, trauma), meglepetés (astonishment, kick in the eye, kick in the pants, kick in the teeth, revelation, surprise), lökésszerű indulás, ütődés (bruise, bump, dash, hit, jarring, shock). (various references)

Indonesian

sentakan (jerk, jog, kick, tug, yank), kejutan (impulse, shock, surprise), kegoncangan (jarring), gugat (a shick, accuse, critise, jerk), gerunjal (appear suddenly). (various references)

Italian

scuotere (rouse, shake, shake up, shook, stir, toss). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

揺すぶる (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing), 揺する (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing), 揺さぶる (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing), 揺る (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ゆすぶる (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing), ゆする (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing), ゆさぶる (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing), ゆる (to jolt, to rock, to shake, to swing). (various references)

Manx

jonseragh (buck, shy, shying, wince, wincing), jonse (buck jump, shy, wince), craa (bestrew, brandish, dither, dodder, flicker, flutter, jog, judder, quaver, ring, rustle, shake, shiver, shock, sprinkle, toss, toss of head, tremble, vibrate, warble, wave, wave of hand). (various references)

Norwegian

støte, støt (impact, jog), skumpe. (various references)

Pig Latin

oltjay.(various references)

Portuguese

surpresa (rumble-tumble, shock, surprise, wonder, wonderwork), solavanco (bouncing, bump, jumble, lurch, rumble-tumble), sobressalto (fright, gasp, habdabs, jar, jump, rumble-tumble, scare, shock, surprise), seguir � s sacudidelas, sacudir (abet, bob, concuss, flip, flirt, incite, jar, jerk, jog, jounce, rock, shake, shake off, stir up, swing, toss, wag, waver, whisk, yank), sacudidela (backlash, flip, flirt, flounce, hitch, jar, jerk, jog, pluck, rumble-tumble, shake, wag, waggle, whisk), sacudida (shake, shaking), movimento brusco (flounce, rumble-tumble), fazer dar saltos, baldão (failure, rumble-tumble), andar aos tropeções, abalar (affect, concuss, convulse, depolarise, jar, move, scamper, shake, shock, stir, toss, unfix, unsettle). (various references)

Romanian

jgheab vibrator, zdruncinãturã (Bob, hitch, jerk, jog, shake, shock), zdruncina (concuss, convulse, jog, shake, shatter, shock, stagger, undermine, unstring, weaken), vibra (flutter, joggle, oscillate, pulsate, pulse, quaver, quiver, rock, throb, vibrate), smuciturã (flounce, hitch, jerk, tug, twitch, wrench, wring), se zdruncina, se hurduca (joggle), scuturãturã (jerk, shake), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), izbiturã (bang, blow, bounce, bump, concussion, dash, hit, knock, stroke), hurducãturã (jerk), hurduca (bump, hitch), şoc (concussion, dash, hit, jar, jerk, kick, percussion, reaction, shock). (various references)

Russian 

трясти толчок, трясти (jiggle, joggle, shake, shaken, shakes, shook), тряска (bumpiness, jolting, rumble-tumble), толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jab, jog, lunge, momentum, poke, push, shake, shock, stroke, thrust, toss), подбрасывать (lob, toss up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzdrmati (rock, shake up, stagger), udarac (beat, blow, bogey, bunt, dig, hit, impact, lash, lick, puff, punch, stroke, thwack, wallop, whack), protresti (shake), drmnuti, drmanje (joggle, jolting, shaking, waggle). (various references)

Spanish

tumbo (lurch), traqueteo (clatter, jolting, rattle), traquetear (brattle, clatter, joggle, rattle), tiron (jerk), saltar (dance, hop, jump, jump across, jump out, leap, leapfrog, plunge, pop out, spring, take, vault), sacudir (bang, beat, invertebrate, jog, kick in, shake, shake off, shake out, shake up, sway, toss, worry), sacudida (jar, jerk, jog, jounce, lurch, shake, shaking, shock, toss, twitch), empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jostle, move, nudge, poke, press, propel, push, push back, push in, push on, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel), dar saltos (jump, jump about, jump across, jump around, leap about, leapfrog), choque (accident, clash, collision, conflict, crash, hit, jar, knock, shock, smash), barquinazo (tumble). (various references)

Swedish

skakning (chatter, jar, joggle, jounce, judder, quake, rock, rumble-tumble, shake, shaking, trembling), skaka (chatter, concuss, dodder, jar, jounce, judder, quake, rattle, rock, shake, shiver, toss, upset, vibrate, wobble). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้ประหลา�"ใจ (astonish), การกระตุก (jerk), กระตุก (flick, jerk). (various references)

Turkish

sarsmak (affect, afflict, agitate, buffet, buffet about, concuss, convulse, cut up, depolarise, dislocate, erode, give a jerk, hit, horrify, jar, jerk, jog, jounce, reduce, rock, shake, shake up, shock, undermine, unsettle), sarsıntılı gitmek, sarsıntı (bump, concussion, convulsion, jerk, joggle, jounce, quake, shake, shock, trauma, tremor), sarsılmak (be cut up, be shaken, be shattered, careen, jar, jerk, judder, quake, rock, shake, shock, sway), sallanma (hurry up, look alive, look snappy, lurch, make it snappy, oscillation, rocking, shaking, sway, swing, swinging, taking, vacillation, wag, wagging, wobble, wriggle), sallamak (agitate, Bob, brandish, flap, flirt, flourish, jog, joggle, nod, rock, roll, shake, swing, switch, wag, waggle, wave), hırpalamak (batter, beat up, bruise, ill treat, ill use, knock about, knock around, maltreat, maul, misuse, punish, ruffle, work over, worry), etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, leaven, penetration, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), darbe (bash, beat, biff, blow, brunt, bump, chop, clip, clout, concussion, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, stroke, thwack, whack, whammy), dürtmek (dig, edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jab, jog, nudge, poke, prod, shove, spur, spur smb. on, thrust), şok (blow, concussion, impact, jar, jounce, quick-freezing, shock, trauma), şaşırtmak (addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fuddle, give smb. a tumble, gravel, intrigue, knock back, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, wow), çarpma (beat, blip, brunt, bump, impact, lash, multiplication, percussion, stroke). (various references)

Turkmen 

siltemek (jolt or shake). (various references)

Ukrainian

удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, kick, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, shot, smite, spat, stab, strike, stroke, tick, tilt, wap), рухатися підтюбцем, трястися (niddle-noddle, rock, totter), трясти (agitate, jar, rattle, rock, shake), тряска (jolting, rumble-tumble), штовхан (cant, dig, jab, yerk). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự thất vọng choáng váng, cú điếng người, cái lắc bật ra. (various references)

Welsh

ysgegio (jerk, shake). (various references)

commota, commotae, commotaque, commoti, commotis, commotum, commotus, commoveantur, commoveat, commoveatur, commovebantur, commovebit, commovebitur, commovebo, commovebor, commovebuntur, commovendum, commoventes, commoventur, commovere, commoveretur, commoveri, commoverit, commoverunt, commovet, commovi, commovisti, commovit, vexabant, vexabantur, vexabat, vexabatur, vexabit, vexantes, vexare, vexari, vexas, vexasti, vexati, vexatorem, vexatos, vexatur, vexatus, vexaverunt. (various references)

jollen, shoggen. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "jolt": jolted, jolter, jolters, joltier, joltiest, joltily, jolting, jolts, jolty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Jolt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: golt, jalt, jault, jealt, jelh, jelq, jelt, jelty, Jeltz, jeol, jild, jiln, jilo, jilq, jilty, joal, joalt, joat, joct, joet, jogl, joit, Jol, jola, jold, Jole, joli, joln, jolte, jont, jool, jools, joot, jort, jost, joth, joto, jott, jotu, joult, jout, joyt, jul, julo, jupt, kolt, Ojl, olt, yolt, zolt. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: jot, lot.

-2 letters: jo, lo, to.

+1 letter: jolts, jolty.

+2 letters: jolted, jolter, jostle.

+3 letters: jointly, jollity, jolters, joltier, joltily, jolting, jostled, jostler, jostles.

+4 letters: jelutong, jolliest, joltiest, jostlers, jostling, jovialty, jowliest, pulsojet, tolarjev.

+5 letters: jelutongs, jointedly, jollities, joviality, pulsojets.