different between jolt vs surprised

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??p?a?zd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p?a?zd/
• (General American, by dissimilation) IPA^(key): /s??p?a?zd/
• Rhymes: -a?zd

Adjective

surprised (comparative more surprised, superlative most surprised)

1. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

Synonyms

• astonished
• Thesaurus:astonished

Translations

Verb

surprised

1. simple past tense and past participle of surprise

See also

• shocked