MEANING
To move or shake abruptly through a sudden impact or interruption.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- jolt awake
- jolt into action
On the page
The impact jolted her awake.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- jolt
- Past tense
- jolted
- Past participle
- jolted
- Present participle
- jolting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- jolt
- Present continuous
- am/is/are jolting
- Present perfect
- have/has jolted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been jolting
- Past
- jolted
- Past continuous
- was/were jolting
- Past perfect
- had jolted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been jolting
- Future
- will jolt
- Future continuous
- will be jolting
- Future perfect
- will have jolted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been jolting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: jolt; jolts; jolted; jolted; jolting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: jolts.
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