jolty

[johl-tee]

adjective

joltier, joltiest 

1. full of jolts; bumpy.

Other Word Forms

• joltiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jolty¹

First recorded in 1825–35; jolt + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Get them wrong or do them too often and a government's progress can become jolty and piecemeal, and the backbench battalion of the disgruntled grows larger.

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I could feel the motor kick in after a half turn of the pedals, but it wasn’t jolty like some e-bikes I’ve experienced.

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Their dactyls came in for a jolty landing on the rim of the huge silo.

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But the jolty nature of his buzzing left another wondering if someone had "rigged all the buzzers to give Leo an electric shock".

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All around me the JumboTrons blare their colorful campaigns, the sound of their ads distorted and jolty from the city speakers.

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