Dictionary Entry
jolt
jolt is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to shake with a sudden 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.
- 3noun
A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground.
- 4noun
an abrupt spasmodic movement
- 5noun
a sudden jarring impact
"the door closed with a jolt"
"all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
- 6verb
disturb (someone's) composure
"The audience was jolted by the play"
- 7verb
move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
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