2. Verb. Third person singular simple present of ''to shock.'' ¹
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Definition of Shocks
1. shock [v] - See also: shock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shocks
Literary usage of Shocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plasma Physics Of The Local Cosmos by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Solar and Space Physics (2004)
"In the intervening 40 years, shocks have been identified in the interplanetary
medium, at other planets, at comets, and (indirectly) at the boundary between ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"The barricade of post-cards was then extended farther northwards, with the result
of surrounding the origin of certain shocks amongst the mountains, ..."
3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Severe shocks for several days on Asiatic shore of sea of Marmora ... shocks in
Algeria, about 30 killed at Mail» 3 5 Dec. „ shocks at ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"Light shocks were felt in the northern part of Nevada on March 28, ... Many shocks
have been reported from Unionville, in the northwestern part of the state ..."
5. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"The list of after-shocks given below has been compiled by AO ... In addition many
shocks in the list were taken from the separate reports printed in this ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Monnier in France had previously made somewhat similar experiments, sending shocks
through an iron wire 1319 feet long. red to measure the strength of ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"Report of the Committee for registering Earthquake shocks in Scotland. THE place
where, as usual, these shocks have been most felt during the last twelve ..."
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