Meaning of Shock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
2. A surname.
3. A surname
4. A sudden, heavy impact.
   countable, uncountable
5. A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
   dated
6. Something so surprising that it is stunning.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
7. A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
   countable, uncountable
8. A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
   broadly
9. Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
   countable, uncountable
10. A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
    obsolete
11. A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance, often caused by news or other stimuli.
    countable, uncountable
12. Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
    countable, uncountable
13. A shock wave.
    countable, uncountable
14. A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
    countable, uncountable
15. A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
    countable, uncountable
16. A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The train hit the buffers with a great shock.”

“A tremendous shock arises when a secret is discovered.”

“But as was the case with pacemakers, external defibrillators were unwieldy, and the shocks they delivered—in the rare cases when patients were still conscious—were painful.”

“Fans were in shock in the days following the singer's death.”

“". . . Maureen, I don't feel sad. I don't feel anything. What's wrong with me?" "Nothing, Cae," she said. "You just haven't been able to take it in yet. Absorb the shock of it."”

“Several reflected shocks enter the bomb core in rapid succession, each helping to compress it to its maximum density.”

“If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks.”

“We're bonin' on the dark blocks / Wearin' out the shocks, wettin' up the dashboard clock”

“At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos.”

“The warehouse that caught fire contained 99% trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) – used to make chlorinated tablets to control bacteria and algae – and 99% dichloroisocyanuric acid (DCCA), which is used to make swimming pool shock – a treatment used to help break down contaminants.”

“Cause it on shocks to be by and by set.”

“Behind the Master walks, builds up the Shocks.”

“His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.”

“Every now and then I’m startled at how good-looking John is, but he glared at me from under the shock of hair that fell across his brow and scared me a little.”

“On day three I pointed at the edge of an intricate pentagram peeking above her shock of oily black hair.”

“When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz)”

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