▸ verb: (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly. ▸ verb: (transitive) To knock sharply ▸ verb: (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert ▸ verb: (transitive) To shock emotionally. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks. ▸ noun: An act of jolting. ▸ noun: A surprise or shock. ▸ noun: (slang) A long prison sentence. ▸ noun: (slang) A narcotic injection.
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