Shock

/ʃɒk/ · noun

Meaning

A sudden, heavy impact..

Definitions by Sense

1. A sudden, heavy impact.
2. (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
3. (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
4. A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
5. Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
6. (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
7. (transitive) To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
8. (transitive) To give an electric shock to.

Example Sentences

The train hit the buffers with a great shock.

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.

His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.

The disaster shocked the world.

Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.

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• shocks
• choque
• shocking
• shocked

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