Definition of shock

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

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Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..
Shog :: Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
Stooked :: Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves..
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..
Slam :: Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams..
Shock :: Shock (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..
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Shuck :: Shuck (n.) A shock of grain.
Shock :: Shock (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..
Tetanomotor :: Tetanomotor (n.) An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
Shog :: Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..
Slam :: Slam (n.) The shock and noise produced in slamming.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..
Shock :: Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair..
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..
Shock :: Shock (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye..
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