English-Hungarian 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.

Related words

• jolting
• jolty
• jolt awake