English-Latin 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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