jolt

CEFRB2

/d͡ʒɒlt/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sudden jarring impact.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To knock sharply

Examples

  • Suddenly I felt something like a jolt.

  • The car gave a jolt.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /d͡ʒoʊlt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

  2. To shock emotionally.

More examples

In context

  • The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.

  • Her untimely death jolted us all.

  • I jolted her out of complacency.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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