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jolt

 
 
/dʒəʊlt/ verb [I, T]

Translation

to move suddenly and forcefully, or to make someone or something do this
sarsmak, sarsılmak; sarsıla sarsıla gitmek
The bus stopped suddenly and the passengers were jolted forward.1644
(Definition of jolt verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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