(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
“Likely a dopamine hit or a jolt to the ego, I think.”
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“brought my shoulder back a little too far and felt a jolt of pain shoot down through me”
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brought my shoulder back a little too far and felt a jolt of pain shoot down through me
“A sudden, brutal jolt shot through his abdomen, so violent that it knocked the wind out of him, as if someone had snatched his breath away. Before he could even comprehend what was happening, his legs gave way. 7/19”
“The new Jolt cola tastes nothing like Jolt Cola, another nostalgia product that is just a name and nothing else.”
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(transitive) To knock sharply.
I jolted her out of complacency.
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(transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert.
Her untimely death jolted us all.
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