Shock
[ʃɒk] or [ʃɑk]
Definition
(noun.) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; 'the armies met in the shock of battle'.
(noun.) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; 'it came as a shock to learn that he was injured'.
(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'.
(noun.) a bushy thick mass (especially hair); 'he had an unruly shock of black hair'.
(noun.) a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; 'corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks'; 'whole fields of wheat in shock'.
(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'.
(verb.) subject to electrical shocks.
(verb.) collect or gather into shocks; 'shock grain'.
(verb.) collide violently.
(verb.) strike with horror or terror; 'The news of the bombing shocked her'.
(verb.) surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; 'I was floored when I heard that I was promoted'.
(verb.) strike with disgust or revulsion; 'The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends'.
Checker: Rowena--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
(v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
(v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.
(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.
(n.) A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.
(n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
(n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.
(v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
(v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
(v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
(n.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.
(n.) A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
(a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
Typist: Preston
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Concussion, collision, clash, impact, percussion.[2]. Brunt, heat of onset.[3]. Blow, buffet.[4]. Stook, hattock.
v. a. [1]. Encounter, strike against, come into collision with.[2]. Offend, disgust, nauseate, sicken, scandalize, revolt, outrage.[3]. Stun, astound, stagger.[4]. Appall, terrify, affright.
Checker: Raymond
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Surprise, disgust, offend, dismay, astound, appall, horrify, shame
ANT:Gratify, please, delight, amuse, entify
Checked by Evita
Definition
n. a dog with long shaggy hair: a mass of shaggy hair.—n. Shock′-dog a rough-haired dog a poodle.—adjs. Shock′-head -ed having a thick and bushy head of hair.
n. a heap or pile of sheaves of corn.—v.t. to make up into shocks or stooks.—n. Shock′er.
n. a violent shake: a sudden dashing of one thing against another: violent onset: an offence: a condition of prostration of voluntary and involuntary functions caused by trauma a surgical operation or excessive sudden emotional disturbance: (coll.) a sudden attack of paralysis a stroke: an electrical stimulant to sensory nerves &c.: any very strong emotion.—v.t. to shake by violence: to offend: to disgust: to dismay.—v.i. to collide with violence.—n. Shock′er (coll.) a very sensational tale.—adj. Shock′ing offensive repulsive.—adv. Shock′ingly.—n. Shock′ingness.
Edited by Jeanne
Examples
- My impression is that the shock inflicted on me completely suspended my thinking and feeling power. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You mean that she'd shock him and he'd bore her? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If I inflicted this shock upon him to-morrow morning, how could the immediate change in him be accounted for? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have given you a serious shock by my unnecessarily dramatic reappearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When a horse went to pass over it he would get a very severe shock. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Before I had time to feel shocked, at this, I was horror-struck by an entirely unexpected proceeding on the part of Mr. Godfrey. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I must indeed, I said; for when just now I repeated the offer of serving him for a deacon, he expressed himself shocked at my want of decency. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- How shocked had he been by her behaviour to Miss Bates! Jane Austen. Emma.
- His betrothed looked shocked at the metaphor, and George Dorset exclaimed with a sardonic growl: Poor devil! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Really--really--as Mr. Chillip told my mother, he was almost shocked; speaking in a professional point of view alone, he was almost shocked. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But, on stroking her cheek in a caressing way soon after, he was almost shocked to find her face wet with tears. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- How will she bear the shocks and repulses, the humiliations and desolations, which books, and my own reason, tell me are prepared for all flesh? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This, in connection with an ingenious management of springs, absorbed the shocks and governed the machine so that no matter what was done to it, it would operate only at a certain speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is reason to believe they set great store upon their hair, wearing it in large shocks with pins of bone and afterwards of metal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This shocks me very much. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He was an old soldier, we have said, and not to be disturbed by any little shocks of fate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Subsequently Forrest made a report in which he left out the part which shocks humanity to read. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This horseshoe of carbonized paper seemed incapable to resist mechanical shocks and to maintain incandescence for any considerable length of time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Surely, I would say, all men do not wear those shocking nightcaps; else all women's illusions had been destroyed on the first night of their marriage! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I really cannot prevail upon myself to carry this shocking disclosure any farther. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Oh, shocking--terrible! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I was afraid I had said something shocking. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How very shocking! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yes, how shocking! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mrs General was not to be told of anything shocking. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typed by Hannah