shock

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shock1

▶noun

• 1 a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience, or the resulting feeling.

  ■ short for electric shock.

• 2 an acute medical condition associated with a fall in blood pressure, caused by loss of blood, severe burns, sudden emotional stress, etc.

• 3 a violent shaking movement caused by an impact, explosion, or tremor.

• 4 short for shock absorber.

▶verb

• 1 cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

  ■ offend the moral feelings of; outrage.

• 2 affect with physiological shock, or with an electric shock.

• 3 archaic collide violently.

– derivatives
shockability noun,
shockable adjective,
shockproof adjective.

– origin C16: from Fr. choc (n.), choquer (v.), of unknown origin.

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shock2

▶noun a group of twelve sheaves of grain placed upright and supporting each other to allow the grain to dry and ripen. ▶verb arrange in shocks.

– origin ME: perh. from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. schok, of unknown origin.

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shock3

▶noun an unkempt or thick mass of hair.

– origin C17 (denoting a dog with long shaggy hair): origin uncertain; cf. obs. shough, denoting a breed of lapdog.