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Definition of Jolted
1. Adjective. Bumped or shaken jerkily. "The jolted passengers"
2. Adjective. Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock. "The accident left her badly shaken"
Definition of Jolted
1. Verb. (past of jolt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jolted
1. jolt [v] - See also: jolt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jolted
Literary usage of Jolted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lachesis Lapponica; Or, A Tour in Lapland, Now First Published from the by Carl von Linné (1811)
"(a, seems to be a bandage or belt, to keep the traveller from being suddenly
jolted out of this vehicle, and b is the part to rest the back or head against; ..."
2. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"... the fact remains that the mechanical arts have never before been so suddenly
jolted out of their old routine and sharply twisted into conformity with a ..."
3. Two Hundred and Nine Days: Or, The Journal of a Traveller on the Continent by Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1827)
"We were jolted cruelly over the uneven road, and were guarded, in many places at
least, by two dragoons, who rode by the side of the carriage ; in going to ..."
4. Canadian Poets by John William Garvin (1916)
"It had jolted the slow, wobbling ox-cart of the pioneer; jolted the lumber waggons,
democrats, buggies, sulkies; jolted the ..."
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