JOLT

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

2.
v.

To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.

3.
n.

A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground. The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.

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