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Webster 1913 Edition

Shock

Shock

(shŏk)
,
Noun.
[OE.
schokke
; cf. OD
schocke
, G.
schock
a heap, quantity, threescore, MHG.
schoc
, Sw.
skok
, and also G.
hocke
a heap of hay, Lith.
kugis
.]
1.
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.
And cause it on
shocks
to be by and by set.
Tusser.
Behind the master walks, builds up the
shocks
.
Thomson.
2.
[G.
schock
.]
(Com.)
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; – a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Shock

,
Verb.
T.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook;
as, to
shock
rye
.

Shock

,
Verb.
I.
To be occupied with making shocks.
Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn,
Bind fast,
shock
apace.
Tusser.

Shock

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
schok
a bounce, jolt, or leap, OHG.
scoc
a swing, MHG.
schoc
, Icel.
skykkjun
tremuously, F.
choc
a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Sp.
choque
, It.
ciocco
a log. √161. Cf.
Shock
to shake.]
1.
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.
These strong, unshaken mounds resist the
shocks

Of tides and seas tempestuous.
Blackmore.
He stood the
shock
of a whole host of foes.
Addison.
2.
A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.
“A shock of pleasure.”
Talfourd.
3.
(Med.)
A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a part of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
4.
(Elec.)
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.
Syn. –
Concussion
,
Shock
.
Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states.

Shock

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shocked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Shocking
.]
[OE.
schokken
; cf. D.
schokken
, F.
choquer
, Sp.
chocar
. √161. Cf.
Chuck
to strike,
Jog
,
Shake
,
Shock
a striking,
Shog
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
]
1.
To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall
shock
them.
Shakespeare
I shall never forget the force with which he
shocked
De Vipont.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil;
as, his violence
shocked
his associates
.
Advise him not to
shock
a father’s will.
Dryden.

Shock

,
Verb.
I.
To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
“They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.”
De Quincey.

Shock

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Shag
.]
1.
(Zool.)
A dog with long hair or shag; – called also
shockdog
.
2.
A thick mass of bushy hair;
as, a head covered with a
shock
of sandy hair
.

Shock

,
Adj.
Bushy; shaggy;
as, a
shock
hair
.
His red
shock
peruke . . . was laid aside.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shock

SHOCK

,
Noun.
1. A violent collision of bodies, or the concussion which it occasions; a viosent striking or dashing against.
The strong unshaken mounds resist the shocks
Of tides and seas. Blackmore.
2. Violent onset; conflict of contending armies or foes.
He stood the shock of a whole host of foes. Addison.
3. External violence; as the shocks of fortune.
4. Offense; impression of disgust.
Fewer shocks a staesman gives his friend. Young.
5. In electricity, the effect on the animal system of a discharge of the fluid from a charged body.
6. A pile of sheaves of wheat, rey, &c.
And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Tusser.
Behind th emaster walks, builds up th eshocks. Thomson.
7. In New England, the number of sixteen sheaves of wheat, rye, &c. [This is the sense in which this word is generally used with us.]
8. A dog with long rough hair or shag. [from shag.]

SHOCK

,
Verb.
T.
1. To shake by the sudden collision of a body.
2. To meet with force; to encounter.
3. To strike, as with horror or disgust; to cause to recoil, as from something odious or horrible; to offend extremely; to disgust. I was shocked at the sight of so much misery. A void everything that can shock the feelings of delicacy.
Advise him not to shock a father's will. Dryden.

SHOCK

,
Verb.
I.
To collect sheaves into a pile; to pile sheaves.

Definition 2024

shock

shock

English

Alternative forms

Noun

shock ‎(plural shocks)

  1. Sudden, heavy impact.
    The train hit the buffers with a great shock.
    1. (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
    2. Electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human.
    3. Circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
    4. A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance
  2. (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
Derived terms
Synonyms

See Wikisaurus:surprise

Translations

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Verb

shock ‎(third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)

  1. To cause to be emotionally shocked.
    The disaster shocked the world.
  2. To give an electric shock.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
    • De Quincey
      They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

shock ‎(plural shocks)

  1. An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.
    • Tusser
      Cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
    • Thomson
      Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
  2. (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
  3. (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass)
    a head covered with a shock of sandy hair
  4. (obsolete, by comparison) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
    • 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
      When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock (translating the German Spitz).

Verb

shock ‎(third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)

  1. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
    to shock rye

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English shock.

Noun

shock m ‎(invariable)

  1. shock (medical; violent or unexpected event)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English shock.

Noun

shock m ‎(plural shocks)

  1. shock

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schokken ‎(“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer ‎(“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan ‎(“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną ‎(“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną ‎(“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kAg'-, *(s)keg- ‎(“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken ‎(“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc ‎(“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken ‎(“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr ‎(“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun ‎(“tremuously”), Middle English schiggen ‎(“to shake”). More at shog.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɒk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ʃɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒk, -ɑk

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