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   Jolt (jōlt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig. meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.] To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, “the coach jolts”.
   
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   Jolt, v. t.
   1. To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, “the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.”
   
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   2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or electrical shock; as, “the earthquake jolted him out of bed”.
   
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   3. To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person) suddenly, as if with a blow; as, “the sight of the house on fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death jolted his idyllic happiness”.
   
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   Jolt, n.
   1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
   
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   The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.
   
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   2. A physical or psychological shock; see jolt v. t. senses 2 and 3; as, “the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside”.
   
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   3. Something which causes a jolt2; as, “the bad news was a jolt”.
   
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