Jolt \Jolt\, n.
   1. A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage
      moving over rough ground.
      [1913 Webster]

            The first jolt had like to have shaken me out.
                                                  --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A physical or psychological shock; see jolt v. t. senses
      2 and 3; as, the stock market plunge was a big jolt to his
      sense of affluence; he touched the casing of the
      ungrounded motor and got a jolt from a short inside.
      [PJC]

   3. Something which causes a jolt[2]; as, the bad news was a
      jolt.
      [PJC]

	

	Jolt \Jolt\ (j[=o]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jolted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and orig.
   meaning, to knock on the head. See Jowl.]
   To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
   carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	Jolt \Jolt\, v. t.
   1. To cause to move with a sudden motion, especially an 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To stun or shock a person physically, as with a blow or
      electrical shock; as, the earthquake jolted him out of
      bed.
      [PJC]

   3. To stun or shock or change the mental state of (a person)
      suddenly, as if with a blow; as, the sight of the house on
      fire jolted him into action; his mother's early death
      jolted his idyllic happiness.
      [PJC]

	

	jolt
    n 1: a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt";
         "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock
         absorbers" [syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock]
    2: an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: jerk, jerking, jolt,
       saccade]
    v 1: move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn:
         jolt, jar]
    2: disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by
       the play"

	

	213 Moby Thesaurus words for "jolt":
   agitate, amaze, amble, assault, astonish, astound, barge, bear,
   bear upon, bearing, blow, bob, bobble, bombshell, boost, bounce,
   bowl along, bowl down, bowl over, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump,
   bump against, bundle, bunt, butt, butt against, chatter, clash,
   clump, collision, concussion, cram, crash, crowd, daze, didder,
   dig, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, disturb,
   dither, draft, drag, dram, drench, drink, drive, drop, dumbfound,
   elbow, electrify, falter, flounce, flurry, fluster, flutter, foot,
   footslog, force, frighten, fuss, gargle, goad, grimace, guzzle,
   halt, have an ague, head, hippety-hop, hit, hitch, hobble, hop,
   hurtle, hustle, jab, jactitate, jam, jar, jerk, jig, jigger,
   jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jostle, jounce, jump, knock, libation,
   limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, nip, nudge, pace, paddle, peg,
   percussion, perturb, piaffe, piaffer, pile drive, plod, poke,
   potation, potion, prance, press, pressure, prod, pull, punch, push,
   quake, quaver, quiver, rack, ram, ram down, rattle, rictus, rock,
   roll, round, round of drinks, ruffle, run, run against, sashay,
   saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shake up, shamble, shiver,
   shock, shot, shoulder, shove, shudder, shuffle, sidle, single-foot,
   sip, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slug, snifter, snort,
   spot, stagger, stalk, stamp, start, startle, stir, stomp, straddle,
   straggle, stress, stride, strike, strike dumb, stroll, strut,
   stump, stun, stupefy, suck, sup, surprise, swagger, swig, swill,
   swing, take aback, tamp, thrust, tic, tittup, toddle, tot, totter,
   traipse, tremble, tremor, trip, trouble, trudge, turn, twitch,
   twitter, unsettle, upset, vibrate, waddle, wamble, wet, wiggle,
   wobble

	

	JOLT
       Java OnLine Transactions (Java, Bea, OLTP)

	

	Java Open Language Toolkit
JOLT

    (JOLT) A project aimed at providing a freely
   available and redistributale implementation of Sun
   Microsystems's Java language and tools.

   (http://redhat.com/linux-info/jolt/).

   (1996-12-17)