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Shock 1Definition: 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.
Shock 2Definition: A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. Shock 3Definition: To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye. Shock 4Definition: To be occupied with making shocks. Shock 5Definition: 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. Shock 6Definition: 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. Shock 7Definition: 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. Shock 8Definition: 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. Shock 9Definition: To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence. Shock 10Definition: To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. Shock 11Definition: To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. Shock 12Definition: A dog with long hair or shag; called also shockdog. Shock 13Definition: A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair. Shock 14Definition: Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. shock 15Definition: a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks" shock 16Definition: the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" shock 17Definition: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" shock 18Definition: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" shock 19Definition: an instance of agitation of the earth''s crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch" shock 20Definition: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother''s deathleft him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" shock 21Definition: a bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly shock of black hair" shock 22Definition: a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheeves and several sheeves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock" shock 23Definition: (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock" shock 24Definition: inflict a trauma upon shock 25Definition: subject to electrical shocks shock 26Definition: collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain" shock 27Definition: collide violently shock 28Definition: strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her" shock 29Definition: surprise greatly; knock someone''s socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" shock 30Definition: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
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