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UK
/dʒˈəʊltɪd/
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[ US /ˈdʒoʊɫtɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒoʊɫtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
retrieved his named from her jolted memory
the accident left her badly shaken -
bumped or shaken jerkily
the jolted passengers
How To Use jolted In A Sentence
- U.S. stocks rose as General Motors jolted higher on its visions of a battery-driven future and as financial stocks like J.P. Morgan Chase rebounded despite economic data that suggested a "stagflationary" environment. J.P. Morgan Chase,
- The first rutted section of the road jolted the vehicle airborne, slamming my head against the roof.
- It started at four this morning when I was jolted awake by a particularly hideous hypnogogic hallucination. Actually, Today Is Pretty Typical, So Far
- But before sleep could sneak one pajamaed toe into the bedsheets of her consciousness, an electric shock jolted her painfully into alertness. The Three Furies
- The sound of something clinking loudly against metal jolted Chandra out of her thoughts and she looked up quickly.
- All this went a long way to restore my self-respect, badly jolted by the morning incident. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
- As she was going to insert some cream on the laser burn, the ship jolted and the lights flickered and the ship was steady again.
- An official at the meteorology and geophysics office here said the new trembler, measuring 5,7 on the Richter scale, jolted Aceh at about 11.52 am.
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground.
- The vehicle brakes sharply; husband and wife are jolted against each other. Times, Sunday Times