Loading page
say it: shahk
shock is a noun and verb meaning "the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally". It is pronounced /ˈʃɑk/ — shahk. It carries 17 recorded senses.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
“his mother's death left him in a daze”
“he was numb with shock”
the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
“the armies met in the shock of battle”
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
“subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response”
“electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks”
(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
“loss of blood is an important cause of shock”
pathology
an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
“the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch”
a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
“corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks”
“whole fields of wheat in shock”
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
“the old car needed a new set of shocks”
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
“I was floored when I heard that I was promoted”
strike with disgust or revulsion
“The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”
collide violently
inflict a trauma upon
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shock come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.