💥 A sharp jolt 💥 To shake suddenly 🦷 The lower jaw

jole

9.9

A sudden sharp shake, for example when a vehicle hits a hole

noun
/dʒoʊl/

: sacudida

She felt a sudden jole as the bus hit a bump.

Examples

She spilled her coffee after a sudden jole when the bus stopped quickly.
The old truck gave a jole as it hit the pothole on the country road.
Passengers braced themselves for another jole as the roller coaster sped around the bend.
The car took a sharp turn, causing a jole in my stomach.
The old truck gave a jole as it hit the pothole on the country road.
Passengers braced themselves for another jole as the roller coaster sped around the bend.
She spilled her coffee after a sudden jole when the bus stopped quickly.

Synonyms

jounce

vsjole

9.9

A sudden jolt that makes things shake

is the dialectal term for the same sudden movement

joggle

vsjole

7.7

A small irregular shaking movement

is stronger and sudden rather than slight and irregular

How Strong

lurch

7 4.7

jole

9.9

jerk

7 2.2

heave

1 4.6

tremor

37 5.3

to twitch

66 2.8

Surface Forms

jole singular

joles plural

Etymology

Jole is a dialect word for a sudden 'jerk' or 'shake'; a helpful way to remember it is to think of the common word jolt, which also means a quick hit or movement. So a jole is the sudden movement you feel when a vehicle hits a bump.