When something jolts you, it makes you jump or startle. Sometimes the word is used to describe the feeling that you get when you hear a loud noise.
When she saw the bear, she was so startled that she jolted.
When I heard the loud noise outside, I jolted.
adjective
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
Synonyms:
adjective
bumped or shaken jerkily
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The child stirred and awoke with a jolt.
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The Horse he was riding jolted and fled.
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Jolt Cola is also available in the Netherlands and Finland.
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It brings an abrupt and misleading jolt to the length of twilight.
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The Chernobyl disaster gave the leadership an horrific jolt.
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The earthquakes had a long succession of aftershocks and jolts.
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The flavors of Jolt offered have also changed.
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The Chernobyl disaster gave the communist leadership a horrific jolt.
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He started to jolt when he took a drug.
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The cage rolls into the tree, jolting the canary and waking it up.