Definition of shock

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Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like..

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Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.
Shock :: Shock (v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.
Shocking :: Shocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoc.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
Shock :: Shock (n.) 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..
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Hateful; shocking.
Squasher :: Squash (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies..
Jog :: "Jog (v. i.) To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over..
Rug-headed :: Rug-headed (a.) Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
Heartstricken :: Heartstricken (a.) Shocked; dismayed.
Jolt :: "Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground..
Intershock :: Intershock (v. t.) To shock mutually.
Stormy :: Stormy (superl.) Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks..
Shock :: Shock (n.) 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..
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..
Shock :: Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..
Shock :: Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..
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