jolting

English

Etymology

From jolt +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊltɪŋ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊltɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: jolt‧ing

Adjective

jolting (comparative more jolting, superlative most jolting)

1. Causing or characterized by sudden abrupt movements.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 327:

     One day while working at an ad agency in Greenville, South Carolina, Jay got this joltin' notion to do a novelty number around the then-hot CB (citizen's band radio) craze.

2. Synonym of shocking

Derived terms

• joltingly

Noun

jolting (plural joltings)

1. gerund of jolt: an action or movement that jolts.
   • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XVI. First Night of Their Arrival in the City.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section I, pages 312–313:

     [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.

Verb

jolting

1. present participle and gerund of jolt