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Shock
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- 1 Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking. not-comparable
"His shock announcement rocked the tennis world."
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A sudden, heavy impact. countable, uncountable
"The train hit the buffers with a great shock."
- 2 An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
"Cause it on shocks to be by and by set."
- 3 a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body wordnet
- 4 A sudden, heavy impact.; Something so surprising that it is stunning. countable, figuratively, uncountable
- 5 A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. dated
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- 6 the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat wordnet
- 7 A sudden, heavy impact.; A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance. countable, uncountable
"A tremendous shock arises when a secret is discovered."
- 8 A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass. broadly
"His head boasted a shock of sandy hair."
- 9 a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses wordnet
- 10 A sudden, heavy impact.; Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal. countable, uncountable
"But as was the case with pacemakers, external defibrillators were unwieldy, and the shocks they delivered—in the rare cases when patients were still conscious—were painful."
- 11 A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog. obsolete
"When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz)"
- 12 an unpleasant or disappointing surprise wordnet
- 13 A sudden, heavy impact.; A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli. countable, uncountable
"Fans were in shock in the days following the singer's death."
- 14 a sudden jarring impact wordnet
- 15 A sudden, heavy impact.; Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements. countable, uncountable
- 16 an instance of agitation of the earth's crust wordnet
- 17 A sudden, heavy impact.; A shock wave. countable, uncountable
"Several reflected shocks enter the bomb core in rapid succession, each helping to compress it to its maximum density."
- 18 the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally wordnet
- 19 A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle). countable, uncountable
"If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks."
- 20 a bushy thick mass (especially hair) wordnet
- 21 A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation. countable, uncountable
- 22 a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field wordnet
- 23 A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels. countable, uncountable
"The warehouse that caught fire contained 99% trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) – used to make chlorinated tablets to control bacteria and algae – and 99% dichloroisocyanuric acid (DCCA), which is used to make swimming pool shock – a treatment used to help break down contaminants."
- 24 (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor wordnet
- 1 To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset. transitive
"The disaster shocked the world."
- 2 To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook. transitive
"to shock rye"
- 3 inflict a trauma upon wordnet
- 4 To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize. transitive
- 5 subject to electrical shocks wordnet
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- 6 To give an electric shock to. transitive
- 7 collect or gather into shocks wordnet
- 8 To subject to a shock wave or violent impact. transitive
"Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked."
- 9 collide violently wordnet
- 10 To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter. intransitive, obsolete
"They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together."
- 11 strike with horror or terror wordnet
- 12 To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels. transitive
- 13 surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off wordnet
- 14 To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions. transitive
"It takes more than two gigapascals (two billion pascals) of pressure to shock quartz in this manner (for comparison, the atmosphere at sea level exerts a little over 100,000 pascals of pressure)."
- 15 strike with disgust or revulsion wordnet
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog.
From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog.
From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog.
Variant of shag.
Variant of shag.
* As an English surname, variant of Shuck. * As a German surname, Americanized from Schock, itself a variant of Scheck, or from the sense Schock (“heap”). Compare Schoch.
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