v. 1 jar, shake (up), jostle, bump, bounce, jerk The cart jolted over the rough terrain 2 butt, strike, hit, push, nudge, elbow, knock, jab He jolted me so hard he actually cracked a rib 3 shock, astonish, astound, amaze, surprise, startle, stun, dumbfound or dumfound, stupefy, strike dumb, daze, shake (up) I was jolted to learn that my husband had been arrested for murder
n. 4 lurch, jar, jerk, bump, jump, bounce, start The train started with a jolt that almost knocked me over 5 blow, shock, surprise, bolt from the blue, bombshell It was certainly a jolt to discover that she had left me