Definition of shock

adjective (a)

• Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally (noun.feeling)

  Synonym: daze, stupor
  

  Example:
  He was numb with shock.
  

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• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat (noun.act)

  Synonym: impact
  

  Example:
  The armies met in the shock of battle.
  

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• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body (noun.act)

  Synonym: electric shock, electrical shock
  

  Example:
  Subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response.
  Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks.
  

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• (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 (noun.state)

  Example:
  Loss of blood is an important cause of shock.
  

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• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust (noun.event)

  Synonym: seismic disturbance
  

  Example:
  The first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch.
  

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• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise (noun.event)

  Synonym: blow
  

  Example:
  It came as a shock to learn that he was injured.
  

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• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field (noun.group)

  Example:
  Corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks.
  Whole fields of wheat in shock.
  

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• a bushy thick mass (especially hair) (noun.group)

  Example:
  He had an unruly shock of black hair.
  

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• a sudden jarring impact (noun.event)

  Synonym: jar, jolt, jounce
  

  Example:
  All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers.
  

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• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: cushion, shock absorber
  

  Example:
  The old car needed a new set of shocks.
  

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• A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: ball over, blow out of the water, floor, take aback
  

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• strike with disgust or revulsion (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize
  

  Example:
  The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends.
  

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• strike with horror or terror (verb.emotion)

  Example:
  The news of the bombing shocked her.
  

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• collide violently (verb.contact)

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• collect or gather into shocks (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Shock grain.
  

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• subject to electrical shocks (verb.body)

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• inflict a trauma upon (verb.body)

  Synonym: traumatise, traumatize
  

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• To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To be occupied with making shocks. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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