English-German translations for jolt

Definition of jolt

  • To push or shake abruptly and roughly
  • To knock sharply
  • To shock emotionally
  • To shake; to move with a series of jerks
  • An act of jolting
  • A long prison sentence.[https://books.google.com/books?id=MUbeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA371&dq=%22a+Jolt%22+prison%7Cjail%7Cupstate%7Cpen%7CJoliet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAlsmPsrPbAhUE-lQKHb60DacQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=%22a%20Jolt%22%20prison%7Cjail%7Cupstate%7Cpen%7CJoliet&f=false 2015, , ''A Dictionary of the Underworld'', page 371]
  • A narcotic injection

Examples

  • The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
  • I jolted her out of complacency.
  • Her untimely death jolted us all.
  • The car jolted along the stony path.

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