Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jolted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jolt \Jolt\ (j[=o]lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jolted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. Jolting.] [Prob. fr. jole, joll, jowl, and originally
meaning, to knock on the head. See {Jowl}.]
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a
carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jolted
adj 1: bumped or shaken jerkily; "the jolted passengers"
2: disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock;
"retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the
accident left her badly shaken" [syn: {shaken}]
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