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- Dictionaryjolt/dʒəʊlt/
verb
- 1. push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly: "a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards" Similar
noun
- 1. an abrupt rough or violent movement: "he felt a jolt when the plane started to climb" Similar
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