different between jol vs jolt

English

Etymology

Shortened from jolly?

Pronunciation

Noun

jol (plural jols)

1. (South Africa, slang) A party.

Verb

jol (third-person singular simple present jols, present participle jolling or joling, simple past and past participle jolled or joled)

1. (South Africa, slang) to party

Anagrams

• J-Lo

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly from Low German and Middle Low German jolle (“dinghy”), possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h?ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

Pronunciation

Noun

jol f (plural jollen, diminutive jolletje n)

1. yawl

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse jól. Akin to English Yule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?l/

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, indefinite plural joler, definite plural jolene)

1. Alternative form of jul

Derived terms

• god jol

References

• “jol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Volapük

Noun

jol (nominative plural jols)

1. waterside, beach, bank

Declension

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse j?rð, from Proto-Germanic *erþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?er-. Akin to English earth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??/, /jou??/

  Rhymes: -ú??

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, dative joln)

1. earth, soil, ground
2. grave

   Far’n skal dill joln åt helgän

   The father will be buried next Sunday.

Derived terms

• bärjol
• jolbann
• jolber
• jolklotr
• jolmån
• skenjol

Etymology 2

From Old Norse jarða and the above noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ju??/, /²jou??/

  Rhymes: -ù??

Verb

jol

1. to bury

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English jollen (“to stagger, knock, batter”), itself perhaps a variant of Middle English chollen (“to strike, juggle, do tricks”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??lt/, IPA^(key): /d???lt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?o?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt, -??lt

Verb

jolt (third-person singular simple present jolts, present participle jolting, simple past and past participle jolted)

1. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

   The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.

2. (transitive) To knock sharply
3. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert

   I jolted her out of complacency.

4. (transitive) To shock emotionally.

   Her untimely death jolted us all.

5. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

   The car jolted along the stony path.

Derived terms

• jolter
• jolthead
• jolting
• joltproof
• jolty

Translations

Noun

jolt (plural jolts)

1. An act of jolting.
2. A surprise or shock.
3. (slang) A long prison sentence.
4. (slang) A narcotic injection.

Coordinate terms

• (prison sentence): bit

Translations

References