Sekirov Dictionary

shock

UK /ʃɒk/US /ʃɔk/

noun 16
verb 9
adjective 1
forms 6
phrases 2

noun16

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a very big surprise that leaves someone unable to think or speak for a moment
- My mother's news was a shock I still haven't recovered from.
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A sudden or violent emotional disturbance.
- Carl had a shock at what he found.
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An experience that leaves someone shaken; a very surprising, exhilarating or amazing experience.
- The surprising blast of cold water on my face was a tremendous shock.
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A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli.
- Fans were in shock in the days following the singer's death.
- The shock she felt kept her in a daze the rest of the day.
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Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- We gave him a couple shocks, but the patient passed away anywway.
The stimulation of nerves and convulsive contraction of muscles caused by electrical current flowing through a body.
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A sudden, heavy impact.
- The train hit the buffers with a great shock.
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Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- Call an ambulance, he's in shock!
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A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.
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A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
- If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks.
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A shock wave.
- Several reflected shocks enter the bomb core in rapid succession, each helping to compress it to its maximum density.
A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
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An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- Cause it on shocks to be by and by set. — 1557
(old-fashioned) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
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(no longer used) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
- When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz) — 1827

verb9

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To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
- The disaster shocked the world.
To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
To give an electric shock to.
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To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.
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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.
- It takes more than two gigapascals (two billion pascals) of pressure to shock quartz in this manner (for comparison, the atmosphere at sea level exerts a little over 100,000 pascals of pressure). — 2018
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To cook something very briefly in a hot liquid, then immediately submerge it in ice water to stop the cooking process.
- Can you shock the spinach over there?
To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
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(no longer used) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together. — 1832

adjective1

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Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
- His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.

forms

shocked · shockt · shocking · shocketh · shocks · shockest

Phrases with shock

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