jolt
/d͡ʒoʊlt/ noun C2- An act of jolting.
- A surprise or shock.
- A long prison sentence.
- A narcotic injection.
- The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
Plural jolts
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Rachel felt that she had received a severe mental jolt.
Now and then a jolt more violent than the rest caused him to open his eyes; then he felt that he was still being carried with great rapidity over the same country, thickly strewn with broken aqueducts, which looked like granite giants petrified while running a race.
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