jolting

adj

1. Causing or characterized by sudden abrupt movements.

   “One day while working at an ad agency in Greenville, South Carolina, Jay got this joltin' notion to do a novelty number around the then-hot CB (citizen's band radio) craze.”

2. Synonym of shocking.

noun

1. (form-of, gerund)gerund of jolt: an action or movement that jolts.

   “[T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of jolt