jolt

1. 1.

   move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

   Synonymsjar

   Broadermove
2. 2.

   disturb (someone's) composure

   “The audience was jolted by the play”

   Broaderdisturb

Other forms of jolt

plural

jolts·

past tense

jolted·

present participle

jolting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jolt

What does jolt mean?

jolt means "a sudden jarring impact". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jolt?

jolt has 1 syllable: jolt. In IPA it is /ˈdʒoʊlt/.

What is another word for jolt?

Close synonyms include jar, jounce, shock, jerk, jerking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jolt a common word?

jolt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.