The phrase "electric jolt" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to express a feeling of sudden shock or surprise; for example, "I got an electric jolt when I heard the news."
Yet despite these familiar elements, Chaon consistently achieves an electric jolt of originality.
The first electric jolt of mountain water was refreshing, but we didn't linger.
It had unleashed all kinds of energies and sent a creative, electric jolt through the city.
As soon as people saw her, a buzz started, like an electric jolt.
Unsuspecting taste buds prepare for creamy blandness, and suddenly -- zap! -- are hit with an electric jolt.
Theroux himself displays an uncharacteristic electric jolt of resentment on the rare occasions when he contemplates urban black culture.
The headaches were still there, but the electric jolts had disappeared.
They even delivered a couple of static electric jolts to my ears.
They hit liberal film-makers like two enormous electric jolts to the heart.
Ahi tuna tartare, of sashimi quality, gets electric jolts from radishes, celery and a curry cream sauce.
For the past month and a half, I'd had headaches that felt as if my skull was underwater, punctuated by frequent electric jolts through the right side of my brain.
