Definition of shock

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Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

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Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Hateful; shocking.
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Shockdog :: Shockdog (n.) See 7th Shock, 1..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Shog :: Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
Thrave :: Thrave (n.) Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook..
Stooked :: Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves..
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Intershock :: Intershock (v. t.) To shock mutually.
Contrecoup :: Contrecoup (n.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected..
Dynamite :: Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition..
Shock-headed :: Shock-headed (a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
Shock :: Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair..
Jar :: "Jar (n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds..
Slidometer :: Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Shuck :: Shuck (n.) A shock of grain.
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Shog :: Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
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..
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.
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