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jolting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒəʊltɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈd͡ʒoʊltɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English jolt Middle English -ynge English -ing English jolting From jolt + -ing.

Meanings

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

Forms

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most jolting Degree=Sup lexicographic
more jolting Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

joltingly

Synonyms

shocking

jolting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒəʊltɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈd͡ʒoʊltɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English jolt Middle English -ynge English -ing English jolting From jolt + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund) gerund of jolt: an action or movement that jolts.
    form of jolt
    • [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. 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:

Forms

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joltings Number=Plur lexicographic

jolting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒəʊltɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈd͡ʒoʊltɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English jolt Middle English -ynge English -ing English jolting From jolt + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of jolt
    form of jolt