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| shock [ shok ] |
noun (plural shocks) |
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1. something surprising and upsetting: an unexpected, intense, and distressing experience that has a sudden and powerful effect on somebody's emotions or physical reactions
  The news of her death came as a great shock to us all.
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2. distressing feelings after shock: the feeling of distress or numbness experienced by somebody who has had a shock
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3. medicine physiological collapse: a state of physiological collapse, marked by a weak pulse, coldness, sweating, and irregular breathing, and resulting from a situation such as blood loss, heart failure, allergic reaction, or emotional trauma
in shock
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4. physical impact: a sudden and violent impact, collision, or blow
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5. something threatening or damaging: an unexpected event that threatens or damages a system, organization, or conventional situation
the announcement was a shock to international markets
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6. electricity
Same as electric shock
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7. mechanical engineering
Same as shock absorber
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verb (past and past participle shocked, present participle shock·ing, 3rd person present singular shocks) |
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1. transitive verb upset somebody: to make somebody feel suddenly and acutely distressed or upset
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2. transitive and intransitive verb offend or be offended: to make somebody feel deeply offended or disgusted, or be likely to feel offended or disgusted
He shocks easily.
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3. transitive verb give somebody electric shock: to give an electric shock to a person or animal
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4. transitive verb medicine put somebody into shock: to cause a state of shock in somebody
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| [Mid-16th century. < French choc< French choquer "to strike"] |
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