jolt

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To shock emotionally.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
  6. Noun.  An act of jolting.
  7. Noun.  A surprise or shock.
  8. Noun.  (slang) A long prison sentence.
  9. Noun.  (slang) A narcotic injection.

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