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How to spell jolt

What it means: A sudden feeling of shock or surprise.

In a sentence: The thunder was so loud that it gave me a jolt! ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as jould or joltte.

Same family: jolts, jolted, jolting, shock, jerk. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Jolt” appeared in English in the 16th century, probably from an older word meaning ‘to shake’ or ‘to knock.’ It’s related in meaning to “jog” and “joggles,” all describing bumpy, shaking movements.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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