jolted

Questions about jolted

What does jolted mean?

jolted means "bumped or shaken jerkily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jolted?

jolted has 2 syllables: jol-ted. The stress falls on "jol". In IPA it is /ˈdʒoʊltɪd/.

What is another word for jolted?

Close synonyms include shaken. 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 jolted a common word?

jolted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.