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Shock   /ʃɑk/   Listen
Shock

noun
1.
The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.  Synonyms: daze, stupor.  "He was numb with shock"
2.
The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat.  Synonym: impact.
3.
A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body.  Synonyms: electric shock, electrical shock.  "Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
4.
(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.
5.
An instance of agitation of the earth's crust.  Synonym: seismic disturbance.
6.
An unpleasant or disappointing surprise.  Synonym: blow.
7.
A pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field.  "Whole fields of wheat in shock"
8.
A bushy thick mass (especially hair).
9.
A sudden jarring impact.  Synonyms: jar, jolt, jounce.  "All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
10.
A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses.  Synonyms: cushion, shock absorber.
verb
(past & past part. shocked; pres. part. shocking)
1.
Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.  Synonyms: ball over, blow out of the water, floor, take aback.
2.
Strike with disgust or revulsion.  Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize.
3.
Strike with horror or terror.
4.
Collide violently.
5.
Collect or gather into shocks.
6.
Subject to electrical shocks.
7.
Inflict a trauma upon.  Synonyms: traumatise, traumatize.



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"Shock" Quotes from Famous Books



... package of papers there was a letter written in a woman's hand. Hasty and professional as was his glance, and much disturbed as he was by the discovery which accompanied his finding of the letter, the words which met his eyes carried a shock such as he had not known in all the years of service ...
— The Law of the Land • Emerson Hough
... and we are equal. But if you think of making me fight, I tell you I won't. If there was a furnace behind me, I should fall into it rather than run against a bayonet. I 've heard say that the nerves are in the front part of us, and that's where I feel the shock. Now we're on a plain footing. Say that I'm not to fight. I'll be your servant till you release me, but say I 'm not ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... circumstances the clergy did not receive more than two-thirds of the value of the tithe in kind. The delays were a frequent source of loss. In rainy weather, when the farmer desired to get his crops in quickly, he was obliged to shock his crops, give the tithe-owners notice to set out their tithes, and wait for their arrival; in the meantime the crop, perhaps, being ...
— A Short History of English Agriculture • W. H. R. Curtler
... natives fell aside from the shock, and in a few seconds the boys stood by their countrymen. There were six in all— sailors, as the boys had expected. The fight had evidently been a sharp one. Four or five natives lay upon the ground, and two of the sailors were bleeding from sword-cuts. The tars gave a cheer at the sight of ...
— In Times of Peril • G. A. Henty
... to show you what sort of person it is who is at present entrusted with the care of your own son, and allowed to associate on a footing of equality with your niece, Miss Atherton. I can assure you it is very painful to me to write this, for I know how it will shock you. But I feel my conscience would not give me peace till I told you all. May I now ask one special favour from you? It is well known, and you probably have noticed it yourself, that Jeffreys and I naturally dislike one another. But I want you to believe ...
— A Dog with a Bad Name • Talbot Baines Reed


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