The Clue
Jolting (7 letter answer)
The Answer
BUMPING
Tags
Notes
The answer BUMPING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
BUMP as a verb:
1. (bump, knock) = knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"
2. (find, happen, chance, bump, encounter) = come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
3. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"
4. (demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs) = assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
5. (dislodge, displace, bump) = remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"