(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
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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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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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