Definition of "jolt" in англійська

verb

1. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

   • The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.

2. (transitive) To knock sharply

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

   • I jolted her out of complacency.

4. (transitive) To shock emotionally.

   • Her untimely death jolted us all.

5. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

   • The car jolted along the stony path.

noun

1. An act of jolting.

2. A surprise or shock.

3. (slang) A long prison sentence.

4. (slang) A narcotic injection.