shock
/ʃɒk//ʃɑk/
noun
- 1
A sudden, heavy impact.
“The train hit the buffers with a great shock.”
- 2
A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
verb
- 1
To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
“The disaster shocked the world.”
- 2
To give an electric shock to.
- 3
To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
noun
- 1
An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- 2
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
- 3
(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
“His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.”
- 4
A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
verb
- 1
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
“to shock rye”
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