jolt
part of speech
noun (a jolt, jolts); verb (jolt, jolts, jolted, jolting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sudden hard shake or bump: «The bus stopped with a jolt». tree →
2) (verb) To move or shake suddenly and roughly. tree →
3) A sudden shock or surprise: «The news gave me a jolt». tree →
4) (verb) To shock someone into action: «The alarm jolted me awake». tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons about forces: when a vehicle stops suddenly, your body keeps moving forward, so seatbelts protect you from the jolt. In stories «jolted awake» tells the reader a character woke suddenly. Phrases: «with a jolt», «jolt awake», «a jolt of electricity».
examples
- The train stopped with a jolt. tree →
- The cart jolted along the bumpy road. tree →
- A loud bang jolted me awake. tree →
- Wear your seatbelt so a jolt doesn't throw you forward. tree →
- The bad news gave her a jolt. tree →
- He got a small jolt from the electric fence. tree →
- And every little while they went a little mile, and jolted so that they very nearly tumbled off. tree →
note
Countable noun; regular verb: jolted, jolting. Similar: jerk, bump. Never touch electric fences or plugs — even a small jolt of electricity can hurt.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «jolt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.