jolting

Synonyms for jolting

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Antonyms for jolting

adjective. uncontrolled

noun. bouncing

Word Origin & History

1590s, "a knock," from jolt (v.). Meaning "jarring shock" is from 1630s.

Hours and hours—they seemed like years—of jolting over rough roads.

They could hear the jolting of the laden cart on its way down the glen.

But the jolting of the coach had so hardly used Crispin that he had to be carried into the hostelry.

Nelly was quite pleased to feel the jolting of a cart once more.

The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears.

The ground was unbelievably rough and the jolting intolerable.

And the wagon drove off, rattling and jolting over the frozen road.

The door was closed, and the hard, jolting vehicle rumbled on its way.

Before he was well aware of it, the wagon was jolting into the town.

The practice of jolting and dandling the infant after eating is a wrong one.