joltn.
/dʒəʊlt/, U.S. /dʒoʊlt/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent
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racec1330
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jolt1599
feeze1603
slam1622
arietation1625
pash1677
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jounce1784
smash1808
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dush1827
birr1830
dunch1831
whop1895
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Coxorrón Iolts of the head against the wall.
1618 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. ii. 22 He..Who Mars his shields, staid with close thong, oft bears With jolts and sweat.
2.
a. An abrupt shock or jerk which throws a person (or thing) up, to fall again by his (or its) own weight; esp. one received by a moving vehicle, or by a person driving or riding on a rough road.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jolt
jolt1632
jot1647
jumble1674
squat1675
jounce1784
the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > shock of violent impact or collision
brunta1450
concussion1490
shock1603
jolt1632
impression1694
jara1817
perculsion1822
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > jolting or jolt
jolt1632
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1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) The ioult of a coach in vneuen way.
1688 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 569 My Daughter Evelyn, going in the Coach..a Jolt (the doore being not fast-shut) flung her quite out.
1763 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 33 My wound has been a good deal fretted by the vile jolts through the rascally towns of Stroud, Rochester, Chatham, &c.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 135 A series of jolts and jars, proving that the language had run off the track.
b. figurative. A surprise; a shock which disturbs one's mental composure.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > feeling of surprise
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surprisal1652
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jolt1884
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn v. 39 I was scared now,..but in a minute I see I was mistaken. That is, after the first jolt,..he being so unexpected.
1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 3 I'd like to give him a jolt.
1924 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Buddenbrooks I. vi. 208 Oh, no! I know they gave you a jolt yesterday—a very, very stimulating jolt.
c. A blow in boxing. Also in to pass a jolt, to deliver a blow. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions
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stomacher1814
teller1814
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out-fighting1831
arm guard1832
countering1858
counter1861
clinching1863
prop1869
clinch1875
right and left1887
hook-hit1890
hook1898
cross1906
lead1906
jolt1908
swing1910
body shot1918
head shot1927
bolo punch1950
snap-back1950
counterpunch1957
counterpunching1957
Ali shuffle1966
rope-a-dope1975
1908 S. E. White Riverman xvii. 160 Murphy blocked, ducked, and kept away, occasionally delivering a jolt as opportunity offered.
1912 G. Ade Knocking Neighbors 87 Every time he landed a crushing Hay-Maker on her Family History she countered with a short-arm Jolt.
1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 124 Jolt, to pass a, to deliver a short, sharp blow.
1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting vii. 26 Best of all the punches is the ‘stepping straight jolt’.
1954 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. 60 Jolt, a kind of jab punch that brings up short an advancing opponent.
3. A jerky movement, an abrupt jerk.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk
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jolt1849
1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. (1851) 124 The exercise commonly began in the head, which would fly backwards and forwards, and from side to side, with a quick jolt.
4.
a. A drink of liquor. slang (chiefly U.S.).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of
strong drink?1490
drink1535
whiff1605
tip1612
wet1719
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booze1732
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O (or oh) be joyful1823
sneezer1823
north-wester1830
drain1836
damp1837
smile1839
snifter1844
liquor1860
rosiner1871
tiddlywink1880
bevvy1889
gargle1889
snort1889
jolt1904
smahan1914
tincture1914
taste1919
piss1925
drinkie1947
smash1959
shant1960
1904 McClure's Mag. Mar. 560/2 I stopped at a blacksmith's shop..and had my arm dressed and a big jolt of whiskey.
1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise ii. iv. 261 We'll take you to some secluded nook and give you a wee jolt of Bourbon.
1935 G. Blunden No More Reality xxxiii. 344 ‘Take another jolt, sport,’ said Clarrie with a grin.
1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia xii. 125 ‘You've been drinking.’..‘I shoved in a couple of jolts on the way here.’
1959 T. Griffith Waist-high Culture (1960) 231 Jolts of whiskey or vodka.
1973 R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) xvi. 145 She took two green plastic glasses... I poured a generous jolt into both of them.
b. A prison sentence. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of
time1790
lagging1819
stretch1821
model1845
birdlime1857
penal1864
prison sentence1867
rap1870
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spot1895
hard time1896
sleep1911
jolt1912
bird1924
fall1926
beef1928
trick1933
porridge1950
custodial sentence1951
1912 D. Lowrie My Life in Prison ii. 17 A professional ‘pete’ man had..returned exultingly to the jail with a six-year ‘jolt’.
1926 J. Black You can't Win xv. 197 He was in good spirits and condition after ‘stopping his jolt’ in the stir and anxious to start ‘rooting’.
1928 R. J. Tasker Grimhaven (1929) i. 11 I'm doing one life jolt, and two one-to-fiftys..—yes sir, doing the book.
1936 ‘D. Hume’ Meet Dragon ix. 96 They are only too ready to turn King's evidence…you'd take a very stiff jolt.
c. = bhang n. 2; a quantity of a drug in the form of a cigarette, tablet, etc. slang (chiefly U.S.).
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a dose of
jolt1916
bhang1922
charge1929
fix1934
fix-up1934
joy-pop1939
hit1951
spoon1968
1916 T. Burke Limehouse Nights 19 A little later he would take a jolt of opium at the place at the corner of Formosa Street.
1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 162 He wouldn't give us a jolt if we had the horrors... Given a sufficient quantity of hop, no fiend is ever at a loss for a sound reason for taking a jolt of it.
1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse (1930) xxi. 233 You can take your jolt in front of me. I won't blush.
1955 U.S. Senate Hearings (1956) VIII. 4164 Terms used in the traffic pertaining to the alkaloid morphine are as follows:..jolt,..a dose.
1970 K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) vi. 58 Her LSD cap would cost about two dollars and fifty cents for the jolt.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
jolt ramming n. Founding a method of packing the sand around a pattern in which the moulding box, pattern, and sand are repeatedly lifted by machine and allowed to fall; frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting > specific processes involved in
rapping1851
false coring1866
sweeping1902
jar ramming1909
jolt ramming1909
jolt-squeeze1931
shell-moulding1951
1909 Iron Age LXXXIV. 1165/1 Today we have pneumatic jolt-ramming machines in successful service with lifting capacities from 10 to 15 tons.
1909 Iron Age LXXXIV. 1165/2 How to adapt our foundry methods to this new principle of jolt-ramming green sand molds.
1926 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 113 568 The whole of the mould and core are rammed on a Mumford jolt ramming machine.
1950 J. S. Campbell Casting & Forming Processes xii. 104 Jolt ramming packs the lower portions of the sand next to the pattern best.
jolt-squeeze n. Founding simultaneous or successive jolting of a moulding box and ‘squeezing’ of the sand in it (i.e. application of pressure at the top), as a means of packing the sand around a pattern; usually attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > founding or casting > specific processes involved in
rapping1851
false coring1866
sweeping1902
jar ramming1909
jolt ramming1909
jolt-squeeze1931
shell-moulding1951
1931 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 123 602 (heading) A novel combination jolt-squeeze moulding machine.
1955 R. W. Heine & P. C. Rosenthal Princ. Metal Casting iv. 53 Match-plate molding using jolt-squeeze machines is perhaps the simplest method of speeding up the molding of small castings.
1971 W. B. Parkes Clay-bonded Foundry Sand viii. 235 For most moulds, all that is needed is a simultaneous jolt-squeeze of a few seconds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
joltv.
/dʒəʊlt/, U.S. /dʒoʊlt/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push to
poteOE
puta1225
duncha1250
wag1377
pusha1450
jut1565
jog1589
stir1590
jolt1611
hunch1659
shtup1987
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coudéer, to iog or ioult with the elbow.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tabuter, to ioult, butt, or push.
1778 F. Burney Jrnl. 18 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 24 I jolted Mr. Crisp, who, very much perplexed, said,..that it was a Novel.
2.
a. To shake up from one's seat or place with a sudden jerk or succession of jerks, esp. in locomotion; to carry or transport with jolts. (Chiefly in passive.)
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down
jounce1581
jog1586
jolt1598
jig1710
jolter1828
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > with jolting
jolt1598
1598 [implied in: J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C8 Hurried In ioulting Coach. (at jolting adj.2)].
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. ii. sig. D2v Tent. O fie vpont: a Coach? I cannot abide to be iolted. Mab. Yet most of your Cittizens wiues loue iolting?
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 268 We are yet to be jolted and rattled over the loose misplaced stones.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 247 Their object is to advance by steps as in walking, without jolting the carriage.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xlvi. 370 We were once more jolted over the unmade roads.
b. To startle, to surprise. Cf. jolt n. 2b.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > startle
startc1440
rouse1583
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jolt1872
jump1898
1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It ii. 27 She would launch a slap at him that would have jolted a cow.
1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 219 I said I didn't know. ‘Don't know?’ His manner jolted me.
1919 H. Crane Let. 27 Dec. (1965) 28 Yes, the last word will jolt you.
1972 Guardian 23 Dec. 17/2 Those mega-million pound takeover bids which jolt the City.
3. To move or throw (anything) up with a jerk; to force out in a jerky manner.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > cause to move suddenly [verb (transitive)] > jolt
jouncec1440
jot1530
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jolt1837
1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 77 My scanty breath was jolted out with many a sudden groan.
1896 Liberal Mag. Dec. 507 The contest between State-aid and Rate-aid ended in jolting the two up together in one scheme.
4. intransitive. Of a vehicle, etc.: To receive an abrupt and rough jerk in moving; to move along with a succession of jolts, as on an uneven road.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > make sudden movement [verb (intransitive)] > jolt
jolta1703
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > have characteristic motion > move jerkily
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a1703 J. Pomfret Last Epiph. in Poems (1790) 138 The globe shall..backward jolt, distorted with the wound.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 34. ⁋6 He whipped his horses, the coach jolted again.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 430 Waggons laden with the sick jolted over the rugged pavement.
5. intransitive. Of a person: To ride with constant jolts.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > shaking and jolting
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jolt1730
jumble1748
1730 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 266 Good~night; I have jolted all over the city, and am so tired I can only say I am..Yours, M.P.
1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) III. xxi. 210 To jolt along the road was painful.
6. intransitive. To move up and down or to and fro in a jerky manner.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down
jouncec1440
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1788 T. Twining Let. in F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) IV. 44 The shoulders..jolting up and down in the convulsions of a horse-laugh.
1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. (1851) 125 With head, limbs, and trunk twitching and jolting in every direction.
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