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jolt

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Source Word

jolt

IPA(Pronunciation)

/d͡ʒɒlt/

Verb

transitive intransitive

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly. / (transitive) To knock sharply / (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert / (transitive) To shock emotionally.

Japanese Meaning

急に、激しく揺らす、または振る / 鋭く打つ、叩く / 意表を突く衝撃を与えて、行動や警戒を促す

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She had to jolt the car into gear to move it out of the snow.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は車を雪から動かすために、ギアを勢いよく入れなければならなかった。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To knock sharply

Sense（3）

(transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

I jolted her out of complacency.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To shock emotionally.

Her untimely death jolted us all.

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Sense（5）

(intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

The car jolted along the stony path.

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jolts

（ present singular third-person ）

jolting

（ participle present ）

jolted

（ participle past ）

jolted

（ past ）

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