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jolt
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)
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- I jolted her out of complacency.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- Her untimely death jolted us all.
- (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)
- An act of jolting.
- A surprise or shock.
- (slang) A long prison sentence.
- (slang) A narcotic injection.
Coordinate terms
- (prison sentence): bit
Translations
References
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reversal
English
Etymology
reverse +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v??(?)s?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s?l
Noun
reversal (countable and uncountable, plural reversals)
- The state of being reversed.
- An instance of reversing.
- A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
Usage notes
Reversal of trains often takes place at a terminus, where the driver walks to the cab at the other end of the train; if hauled by a locomotive, that moves to the other end if the train if the train has no driving cab at the other end.
Synonyms
- reversion
Translations
Adjective
reversal (not comparable)
- Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
- For after his death there were reversal letters found among his papers from the Duke of Anjou
Derived terms
- reversalism
- reversalist
- reversality
- reversally
Anagrams
- ravelers, slaverer
Spanish
Adjective
reversal (plural reversales)
- used to describe a type of diplomatic note
Usage notes
- It is used almost exclusively in the terms carta reversal or nota reversal
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