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Jolt
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground. The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.