shock in English

noun

1

a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

it was a shock to face such hostile attitudes when I arrived

synonyms: blow, upset, disturbance, surprise, revelation, a bolt from the blue, thunderbolt, bombshell, rude awakening, eye-opener, whammy, wake-up call, sockdolager

2

a group of twelve sheaves of grain placed upright and supporting each other to allow the grain to dry and ripen.

This accumulation of the bundles in the field was a big help for the manual labor which is what it took to assemble grain shocks from all those bundles!

3

an unkempt or thick mass of hair.

a slender man with an untamable shock of black hair

synonyms: mass, mane, mop, thatch, head, crop, bush, frizz, tangle, cascade, halo

verb

1

cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

she was shocked at the state of his injuries

2

collide violently.

carriage after carriage shocked fiercely against the engine

3

arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.

Michael showed me how to cut oats with the horse-drawn grain binder and shock the bundles to dry.

noun

blow, upset, disturbance, surprise, revelation, a bolt from the blue, thunderbolt, bombshell, rude awakening, eye-opener, whammy, wake-up call, sockdolager
fright, scare, jolt, start, turn
trauma, prostration, collapse, breakdown
vibration, reverberation, shake, jolt, jar, jerk, impact, blow
mass, mane, mop, thatch, head, crop, bush, frizz, tangle, cascade, halo
shock absorber, cushion
electric shock
blow
stupor, daze
jolt, jounce, jar
impact

verb

appall, floor, appal, traumatize
appall, horrify, outrage, revolt, disgust, nauseate, sicken, traumatize, distress, upset, disturb, disquiet, unsettle, stun, rock, stagger, astound, astonish, amaze, startle, surprise, dumbfound, shake, take aback, throw, unnerve
floor, take aback
appal, offend, scandalise, appall, outrage, scandalize
traumatize, traumatise

Use "shock" in a sentence

1. Shock (economics) Supply shock "Demand Shock".

2. Shock absorption footwear comprising triangular shock absorption portion

3. • Shock with weak pulse (dengue shock syndrome)

4. Anaphylactic reaction, anaphylactic shock including fatal shock, hypersensitivity, urticaria

5. Anaphylactic shock.

6. Anaphylactoid shock

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8. Dog Training Collar - Rechargeable Dog Shock Collar with Beep, Vibration and Shock Training Modes, Rainproof, Long Remote Range, Adjustable Shock Levels Shock Collars for Dogs with Remote

9. Shock absorbing support

10. Shock-absorbing apparatus

11. Indirect Shock Wave!

12. A complete shock.

13. Shock-absorbing spring

14. He's in shock.

15. Shock-absorbing insoles

16. Shock absorption test

17. High voltage shock!

18. Shock wave approaching.

19. shock-wave generators;

20. Torsional shock absorber

21. Compensated shock The key toward successfully treating shock is a rapid response, before reaching the deCompensated shock phase (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) Related articles

22. Shock-absorbing springs for vehicles, shock absorbers for vehicles, vehicle suspension springs

23. Double-rod shock absorber

24. energy-dissipating shock absorbers

25. Protection against electric shock

26. I don't shock easily.

27. Shock rippled through her.

28. Shock absorbers for automobiles

29. Probably induced by shock.

30. Lastly, a perpendicular, a parallel magnetohydrodynamics shock wave and aerodynamic shock wave are discuss...

31. Allergic shock, allergic vasculitis

32. Acoustic shock prevention apparatus

33. That was a shock!

34. Shock absorbers for bumpers

35. She blanched with shock.

36. Against histamine shock mepyramine has about the same activity as against the anaphylatoxin shock.

37. The opposite deflections of MC body and shock aphelion in the MC-shock oblique collision occur simultaneously through the process of shock penetrating MC.

38. Shock absorbers for cycles

39. It's a terrible shock.

40. Experiments in dogs, rats and guinea-pigs in situ indicate that plasmakinines are liberated in the endotoxin-shock, the anaphylactoid shock and the anaphylactic shock.

41. Most of them did, upping the voltage, delivering shock after shock while the victim screamed.

42. Shock therapy: Method of treating psychiatric disorders by inducing shock through drugs or electric current.

43. Culture Shock Comorbid with Bureaucratitis.

44. Heat shock factor activity inhibitors

45. Get ready for a shock.

46. She's gone into septic shock.

47. Brace yourself for the shock!

48. He felt numb with shock.

49. Leak-Resistant Adjustable Shock Absorbers

50. allergic reactions including allergic shock