jolted

Verb

jolt (third-person singular simple present jolts, present participle jolting, simple past and past participle jolted)

1. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
   • The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
2. (transitive) To knock sharply
3. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
   • I jolted her out of complacency.
4. (transitive) To shock emotionally.
   • Her untimely death jolted us all.
5. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
   • The car jolted along the stony path.

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