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Jolting

verb
/ˈd͡ʒoʊltɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo push or shake abruptly and roughly.
"The bus jolted its passengers at every turn."
2.verbTo knock sharply
3.verbTo shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
"I jolted her out of complacency."
4.verbTo shock emotionally.
"Her untimely death jolted us all."
5.verbTo shake; to move with a series of jerks.
"The car jolted along the stony path."
6.nounA movement or action that jolts.
7.adjectiveCausing or characterized by sudden abrupt movements.
8.adjectiveInspiring shock; startling.
9.adjectiveUnusually obscene or lewd.
10.adjectiveExtremely bad.
"What a shocking calamity!"

Synonyms

bumpyjouncingroughunsmoothbouncingjarringmovingicticsuddenelectrifyingexplosiveshock

Rhymes With

revoltingmoltingmoultingboltingboultinghoeltingnoltingstoelting
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