joltverb/d͡ʒɒlt/

• 1

  To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

  • The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
• 2

  To knock sharply

• 3

  To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

  • I jolted her out of complacency.
• 4

  To shock emotionally.

  • Her untimely death jolted us all.
• 5

  To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

  • The car jolted along the stony path.

joltnoun/d͡ʒɒlt/

• 1

  An act of jolting.

  • Timing your first coffee for mid-morning allows the caffeine to work its magic right as your body’s natural energy starts to wane. Instead of a jolt, you get a smooth, effective lift that carries you through the late morning and into the afternoon.
• 2

  A surprise or shock.

• 3

  slangA long prison sentence.

  • Just sit down and look around for a while. Notice your cell, John. Take a good look at it, because it is going to be your home for the next ten years. Sure! You have just gotten a ten-year "jolt," John; so settle down and be a good prisoner.
  • But blow wise to this, buddy, blow wise to this: Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Never let nobody talk you into shaking another man's jolt. And never you cop another man's plea. I've tried 'em all and I know. They don't work.
• 4

  slangA narcotic injection.

• 5

  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesThe rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.