Definition of shock

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Shock (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..

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Shock :: Shock (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..
Concussation :: Concussation (n.) A violent shock or agitation.
Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Amble :: Amble (v. i.) To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..
Slidometer :: Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Fright :: Fright (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion..
Concussion :: Concussion (n.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain..
Shock :: Shock (v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Fright :: Fright (n.) To alarm suddenly; to shock by causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare.
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
Shaken :: Shaken (n.) Impaired, as by a shock..
Shog :: Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
Seismograph :: Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical..
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty..
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