jolty
Americanadjective
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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.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025
The runaway, reality-biting Young Adult book by John Green had taken Penguin and tens of millions of readers for a long enough, jolty ride.
From Forbes • Jun. 13, 2014
All around me the JumboTrons blare their colorful campaigns, the sound of their ads distorted and jolty from the city speakers.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Their dactyls came in for a jolty landing on the rim of the huge silo.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
"I did feel sumpin' kind o' jolty; but I t'ought dey was jes' a-puttin' on de dinah at Jackson."
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick
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