Definition of shock

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Shock (n.) 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..

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Concussation :: Concussation (n.) A violent shock or agitation.
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Concussion :: Concussion (n.) A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.
Shock-head :: Shock-head (a.) Shock-headed.
Horror :: Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking..
Concussion :: Concussion (n.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain..
Squasher :: Squash (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies..
Heartstricken :: Heartstricken (a.) Shocked; dismayed.
Dynamite :: Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition..
Rug-headed :: Rug-headed (a.) Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
Shock :: Shock (n.) A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair..
Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.
Stagger :: Stagger (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
Shock :: Shock (n.) 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..
Shockdog :: Shockdog (n.) See 7th Shock, 1..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Hateful; shocking.
Shock :: Shock (n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
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