jolts

An act of jolting.

A surprise or shock.

A long prison sentence.

A narcotic injection.

To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

“The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.”

To knock sharply

To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

“I jolted her out of complacency.”

To shock emotionally.

“Her untimely death jolted us all.”

To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

“The car jolted along the stony path.”