jolts in English

noun

1

an abrupt rough or violent movement.

Any movement shot jolts of electricity to my toes, curling them in pain.

synonyms: bump, bounce, shake, jerk, lurch, start, jerk, jump

verb

1

push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.

a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forward

synonyms: push, thrust, jar, bump, knock, bang, shake, joggle, jog

noun

bump, bounce, shake, jerk, lurch
start, jerk, jump
fright, the fright of one's life, shock, scare, surprise, wake-up call
jerk, saccade, jerking
jounce, jar, shock

verb

push, bump, startle, jar
push, thrust, jar, bump, knock, bang, shake, joggle, jog
bump, bounce, jerk, rattle, lurch, shudder, jounce, judder
startle, surprise, shock, stun, shake, take aback, astonish, astound, amaze, stagger, stop someone in their tracks, rock, floor
jar

Use "jolts" in a sentence

1. Operatic intensity jolts into Brechtian alienation.

2. The stricken pilot, he added, didn't respond to jolts from a defibrillator.

3. Synonyms for Agitates include shakes, stirs, disturbs, jolts, buckets, convulses, jerks, jiggles, joggles and jounces

4. Synonyms for Convulses include jerks, shudders, agitates, shakes, buckets, jiggles, joggles, jolts, jounces and judders

5. Synonyms for Appalls include floors, jolts, shocks, affrights, alarms, amazes, appals, astounds, awes and consternates

6. Synonyms for Appals include floors, jolts, shocks, affrights, alarms, amazes, Appals, astounds, awes and consternates

7. 29 The bus jolts into slow forward movement, and Grace guides Allen unsteadily back on to his seat.

8. Countdown may offer a few fleeting jolts for horror fans with barren queues, but it lacks enough wit or creativity to leave a lasting impression

9. Brotherhood has its faults -- the plot unravels a fair bit -- but the Tarantino homage is reasonable and the nightmarish atmosphere well maintained, with bizarre black-comic jolts.

10. One sultry afternoon when we are about to finish our study, we read a Bible text that jolts Kojo like the blow from an opponent’s powerful kick.

11. One popular theory about the word’s origin explains “abracadabra” as a derivative of the Basilidan Gnostics’ word for the supreme deity, Abraxas (which jolts us from “bunch of silly, garbled syllables” to “God” far too quickly, in my opinion).

12. Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts,[Sentence dictionary] interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride. Gordon B. Hinckley