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the sudden electric verb your body uses before your brain catches up.
means To move, shake, or surprise someone or something with a sudden sharp jerk, shock, or burst of force.
from "Jolt" surfaces in English in the late 1500s, and its exact parentage is genuinely murky — etymologists shrug. The leading guess is that it's a blend or alteration of older words like "jot" or "joll" (to bump or strike, especially the head) crossed with something like "jolt" or "jut" — onomatopoeic cousins for abrupt knocking. In short: the word itself seems to have come into being the way the thing does — as a sudden, unexplained bump.
- caffeine brand
- 1985 cola packed twice the legal max sugar
- defibrillator
- a jolt restarts a heart by stopping it first
- reflex speed
- flinch fires before pain even registers
- word origin
- likely blend of jerk and bolt
jolt cola — soft drink brand launched in 1985 with twice the caffeine of cola competitors
electric shock therapy — medical treatment using electrical currents, used since 1938 for severe depression