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Definition of Shock

1. Noun. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally. "He was numb with shock"

2. Verb. Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. "The performance is likely to shock Sue"; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

3. Noun. The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat. "The armies met in the shock of battle"

4. Verb. Strike with disgust or revulsion. "The performance is likely to shock Sue"; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

5. Noun. A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body. "Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"

6. Verb. Strike with horror or terror. "The performance is likely to shock Sue"; "The news of the bombing shocked her"

7. Noun. (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. "Loss of blood is an important cause of shock"

8. Verb. Collide violently.

9. Noun. An instance of agitation of the earth's crust. "The first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"

10. Verb. Collect or gather into shocks. "Shock grain"

11. Noun. An unpleasant or disappointing surprise. "It came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

12. Verb. Subject to electrical shocks.

13. Noun. 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"

14. Verb. Inflict a trauma upon.

15. Noun. A bushy thick mass (especially hair). "He had an unruly shock of black hair"

16. Noun. A sudden jarring impact. "All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"

17. Noun. A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses. "The old car needed a new set of shocks"

Definition of Shock

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.

3. v. i. To be occupied with making shocks.

4. n. 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.

5. v. t. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

6. v. i. To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

7. n. A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.

8. a. Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

9. v. t. 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.

Definition of Shock

1. to strike with great surprise, horror, or disgust [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Shock

1. 1. A sudden disturbance of mental equilibrium. 2. A condition of profound haemodynamic and metabolic disturbance characterised by failure of the circulatory system to maintain adequate perfusion of vital organs, it may result from inadequate blood volume (hypovolaemic shock), inadequate cardiac function (cardiogenic shock) or inadequate vasomotor tone (neurogenic shock, septic shock). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shock

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shoats shochet shochetim shochets shock (current term) shock (current term) shock-headed shockable shocked shocker

shockers shocking shockingly shocking dose Shockley shockproof shocks shock absorber shock antigen shock index

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