shock
IPA: ʃˈɑk
noun
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- (geology, transitive) 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) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
adjective
- Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
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Examples of "shock" in Sentences
- The accident shocked people.
- I'm shocked at their pettiness.
- The story of the army was shocking.
- The result was surprising and shocking.
- The performance was deplorable, shocking.
- The submergence of the ship was shocking.
- The result was shocking and disappointing.
- It was shocking and shattered for everyone.
- But the schiltrons held firm, absorbing the shock of the impact.
- Such horizontal wheel compliance attenuates the shock of the impact.
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