jolt

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  1. transitive verb To move or dislodge with a sudden, hard blow; strike heavily or jarringly: jolted his opponent with a heavy punch; an impact that jolted the mailbox loose.
  2. transitive verb To cause to move jerkily: stops and starts that jolted the passengers.
  3. transitive verb To put into a specified condition by or as if by a blow: "Now and then he jolted a nodding reader awake by inserting a witty paragraph” (Walter Blair).
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  • How to Make Money in Stocks hit the investing world like a jolt, providing readers with the first in-depth explanation of William J. O'Neil's innovative CAN SLIM investing method. —  phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed
  • With a jolt, the quiet of the night was shattered as a diesel engine was started to lower the loader toward the ground and then was shut off. —  CNN.com
  • I remember the jolt, the spike of fire in the blistering blue sky. —  indieWIRE News
  • But Wen's nationally televised speech, while supplying a short-term jolt to confidence with its reiteration of the 8 percent growth target, was unlikely to bring about a lasting recovery in global equities markets, analysts said. —  Marketplace
  • The program outlined in Wen's nationally televised speech, while supplying a short-term jolt to confidence with its reiteration of the 8 per cent growth target, was unlikely to bring about a lasting recovery in global markets, analysts said. —  Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories
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twinge ·  shiver ·  lurch ·  surge ·  tingle ·  spasm ·  jerk ·  bump ·  flicker ·  gasp ·  thud ·  tug

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jolt:   jolts ·  jolted ·  jolting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Prob. an extension (apparently through the preterit and past participle jolled: cf. jolthead) of joll, jole, jowl, knock the head against anything: see jowl, v. Cf. dolt, similarly related, through past participle dulled, to dull.
  2. from jolt, v.
 

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