Synonyms:
rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
Meaning: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
Usage examples
"But the ride--the jolting," she gasped.
But there was the moon jolting like an old chariot-wheel down the hill of heaven, with awful boding!
The reins dropped from William's hands; he clung for dear life on to his seat, as the caravan, swaying and jolting along the uneven road, seemed to be doing its utmost to fling him off.
But the old man's sight was not as good as his legs were; he looked eagerly into the carriage-windows, but he only saw a confusion of flickering lamplight, and strange faces, and newspapers unfurled in the hands of wakeful travellers, and the heads of sleepy passengers rolling and jolting against the padded sides of the carriage.