Shock the word shock means

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Losing Tony was a shock to the world.


—Jewel Kilcher, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023




Per a source, the staff that remains is in shock.


—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023




And to do so while also splitting their feature sets, something Apple hasn’t done since the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in 2017, and leaving one model clearly as the poorer relation, would be a shock.


—Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023




Not to be able to recognize landmarks just has me in shock.


—Justine Mcdaniel, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023




Tito Fuentes and Willie McCovey still wore the uniform, Juan Marichal was giving it one last shot, and the Willie Mays trade had loyal fans in shock.


—Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2023




Diamondbacks left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. watched the scene unfold, then reacted in shock when a Dodgers security guard came flying into the picture and delivered a crushing blow on the fan.


—Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023




So, that’s no shock.


—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2023




For an entrepreneur who only experienced fundraising during the era of nearly free money, this can be a shock.


—Jeffrey Grabow, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023

Currently in a post-shock trial refit, observers expect the USS Ford to re-emerge, ready for action, in mid-2022, departing for a deployment sometime after.


—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021




For chair Jay Powell, this is the moment to prove that the Fed has learned the lessons of the recovery from the Great Financial Crisis, when employment didn’t return to pre-shock levels for six-and-a-half years.


—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 16 June 2021




Perhaps because of those capabilities, Future 50 companies returned to pre-shock levels in 15 weeks, while the MSCI World stock index took more than six months.


—Tom Deegan, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2021




Most e-collars also have non-shock cues such as beeps or vibrations that act as a stimulus for training.


—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020




As the shockwave continues outward, the material in the post-shock regions quickly cools and recombines.


—Michelle Hampson, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2018

Frankly, we’d be shocked if Toyota didn’t at least offer these bits as optional accessory items.


—Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023




People who previously worked at the bank said they were shocked by Sturgeon’s deadly actions Monday.


—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023




Their lengthy sentences have shocked and saddened their family members and supporters.


—Nectar Gan, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023




Miller had studied the evidence of previous tsunamis in the bay but was still shocked by the scene.


—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023




Those achievements, combined with his deep ties to the community, help explain why so many were shocked by the verdict, said Pastor William D. Smart Jr., president and chief executive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California.


—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023




Berkowitz’s next act But institutional investors were shocked into action on March 10 by the twin failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.


—Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023




According to Lynskey, the cast felt confident about the project, but they were still shocked by the outpouring of support — and rampant fan theories.


—Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023




Houston’s victory and Alabama’s win later Saturday ensured that two top seeds would advance to the second weekend of the N.C.A.A. tournament, after Purdue was shocked by Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday night and Kansas was upset by Arkansas on Saturday.


—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023


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shock — перевод на русский

/ʃɒk/

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ударный, шоковый, шокировать, потрясать, шок, удар, потрясение, толчок

прилагательное

- косматый, лохматый

глагол ↓

существительное ↓

Словосочетания

whole fields of wheat in shock — полностью заскирдованные пшеничные поля  
the almighty shock that we got when we received the bill — огромное потрясение, которое мы пережили, получив этот счёт  
the loss of vital heat in shock — потеря жизненно важного тепла при шоке  
head / shock of hair — шапка волос, грива  
resistance to shock — сопротивление удару, ударопрочность  
to feel a shock — испытать потрясение  
to get / have a shock — получить потрясение  
to give smb. a shock — потрясти кого-л., вызвать у кого-л. потрясение  
electric shock — электрошок  
a shock of ginger hair — копна рыжих волос  
shock-wave heating — ударный нагрев  
shock-capturing method — метод сквозного счета  
shock mount — амортизационная подвеска  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

shocker  — бульварный роман, дешевый бульварный роман, амортизатор
shocking  — отвратительный, очень, копнение
shocked  — потрясенный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: shock
he/she/it: shocks
ing ф. (present participle): shocking
2-я ф. (past tense): shocked
3-я ф. (past participle): shocked

noun
ед. ч.(singular): shock
мн. ч.(plural): shocks

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• choque (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɔk/, /ʃɑk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: shark (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake.

Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog.

Noun[edit]

shock (countable and uncountable, plural shocks)

1. A sudden, heavy impact.

   The train hit the buffers with a great shock.

   1. (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:surprise

   2. (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

      • 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 85:

        A tremendous shock arises when a secret is discovered.

   3. (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.

      • 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 173:

        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.

   4. (psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.

      Fans were in shock in the days following the singer’s death.

   5. (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
   6. (physics) A shock wave.

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

2. (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).

   If your truck’s been riding rough, it might need new shocks.

   • 1993, “Back Seat (of My Jeep)”, in 14 Shots to the Dome, performed by LL Cool J:

     We’re bonin‘ on the dark blocks / Wearin’ out the shocks, wettin’ up the dashboard clock

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.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Bulgarian: шок (šok)
• → Chinese: 休克 (xiūkè)
• → Czech: šok
• → Italian: shock
• → Japanese: ショック (shokku)
• → Korean: 쇼크 (syokeu)
• → Macedonian: шок (šok)
• → Russian: шок (šok)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: шо̏к
  • Latin: šȍk
• → Slovak: šok
• → Spanish: shock

Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

shock (not comparable)

1. Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.

   His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.

Verb[edit]

shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)

1. (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

   The disaster shocked the world.

2. (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
3. (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.

   Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.

4. (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.

   • They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.

5. (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
6. (geology, transitive) To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 44:

     It takes more than two gigapascals (two billion pascals) of pressure to shock quartz in this manner (for comparison, the atmosphere at sea level exerts a little over 100,000 pascals of pressure).

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “shock”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2[edit]

Variant of shag.

Noun[edit]

shock (plural shocks)

1. An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
   • 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry

     Cause it on shocks to be by and by set.

   • Behind the Master walks, builds up the Shocks.

2. (commerce, dated) 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.

   • 2019, Hal Y. Zhang, Hard Mother, Spider Mother, Soft Mother, Brooklyn, NY: Radix Media, →ISBN, page 2:

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

4. (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
   • 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert

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

Verb[edit]

shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)

1. (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

   to shock rye

Anagrams[edit]

• Kosch, hocks

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English shock.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: shòck

Noun[edit]

shock m (invariable)

1. shock (medical; violent or unexpected event)

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English shock.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃok/ [ˈʃok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: shock

Noun[edit]

shock m (plural shocks)

1. shock

Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “shock”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	shock — the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; «his mother’s death left him in a daze»; «he was numb with shock» daze, stupor stupefaction — a feeling of stupefied astonishment
	2.	shock — the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; «the armies met in the shock of battle» impact fighting, combat, fight, scrap — the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; «a fight broke out at the hockey game»; «there was fighting in the streets»; «the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap»
	3.	shock — a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; «subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response»; «electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks» electrical shock, electric shock inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex — an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
	4.	shock — (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» pathology — the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases collapse, prostration — an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; «the commander’s prostration demoralized his men» cardiogenic shock — shock caused by cardiac arrest hypovolemic shock — shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss obstructive shock — shock caused by obstruction of blood flow distributive shock — shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow insulin reaction, insulin shock — hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma
	5.	shock — an instance of agitation of the earth’s crust; «the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch» seismic disturbance earthquake, quake, seism, temblor — shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
	6.	shock — an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; «it came as a shock to learn that he was injured» blow surprise — a sudden unexpected event blip — a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption; «the market had one bad blip today»; «you can’t react to the day-to-day blips»; «renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales»
	7.	shock — 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 sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks»; «whole fields of wheat in shock» cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound — a collection of objects laid on top of each other
	8.	shock — a bushy thick mass (especially hair); «he had an unruly shock of black hair» mass — an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
	9.	shock — a sudden jarring impact; «the door closed with a jolt»; «all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers» jolt, jounce, jar blow, bump — an impact (as from a collision); «the bump threw him off the bicycle»
	10.	shock — a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; «the old car needed a new set of shocks» cushion, shock absorber air spring, air cushion — a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion damper, muffler — a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations suspension system, suspension — a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
Verb	1.	shock — surprise greatly; knock someone’s socks off; «I was floored when I heard that I was promoted» ball over, blow out of the water, floor, take aback surprise — cause to be surprised; «The news really surprised me» galvanise, galvanize, startle — to stimulate to action ; «..startled him awake»; «galvanized into action»
	2.	shock — strike with disgust or revulsion; «The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends» appal, appall, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, offend churn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt — cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; «The pornographic pictures sickened us»
	3.	shock — strike with horror or terror; «The news of the bombing shocked her» alarm, horrify, appal, appall, dismay — fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; «I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview»; «The news of the executions horrified us»
	4.	shock — collide violently clash, collide — crash together with violent impact; «The cars collided»; «Two meteors clashed»
	5.	shock — collect or gather into shocks; «shock grain» gather, pull together, collect, garner — assemble or get together; «gather some stones»; «pull your thoughts together»
	6.	shock — subject to electrical shocks care for, treat — provide treatment for; «The doctor treated my broken leg»; «The nurses cared for the bomb victims»; «The patient must be treated right away or she will die»; «Treat the infection with antibiotics» galvanise, galvanize — stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
	7.	shock — inflict a trauma upon traumatise, traumatize injure — cause injuries or bodily harm to

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

shock

noun

1. upset, blow, trauma, bombshell, turn (informal), distress, disturbance, consternation, whammy (informal, chiefly U.S.), state of shock, rude awakening, bolt from the blue, prostration The extent of the violence came as a shock.

verb

2. horrify, appal, disgust, outrage, offend, revolt, unsettle, sicken, agitate, disquiet, nauseate, raise someone’s eyebrows, scandalize, gross out (U.S. slang), traumatize, give (someone) a turn (informal) They were easily shocked in those days.

adjective

1. surprise, surprising, unexpected, startling, unusual, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, astonishing, astounding, jaw-dropping a shock defeat

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

shock ¹

noun

1. Violent forcible contact between two or more things:

2. Something that jars the mind or emotions:

verb

1. To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust:

2. To affect with a strong feeling of moral aversion:

3. To inflict physical or mental injury or distress on:

4. To cause to experience a sudden momentary shock:

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shock ²

noun

A group of things gathered haphazardly:

agglomeration, bank, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, stack, tumble.

The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

• Defenition of the word shock

  • To strike with horror or terror.
  • An unpleasant or disappointing surprise.
  • a sudden state of violent emotional disturbance; «the shock of his mother’s death»
  • a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
  • a bushy thick mass (especially hair); «he had an unruly shock of black hair»
  • a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
  • (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; caused by loss of circulating blood or cardiac arrest or obstruction or poor distribution of the blood flow; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
  • subject to electrical shocks
  • collect or gather into shocks; «shock grain»
  • collide violently
  • strike with horror or terror; «The news of the bombing shocked her»
  • an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; «it came as a shock to learn that he was injured»; «it was blow to their hopes of reconciliation»
  • any violent blow or collision
  • the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
  • strike with disgust or revulsion; «The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends»
  • an instance of agitation of the earth’s crust
  • surprise greatly; knock someone’s socks off
  • a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
  • inflict a trauma upon
  • 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»
  • the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; «the armies met in the shock of battle»
  • a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; «the old car needed a new set of shocks»
  • an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; «it came as a shock to learn that he was injured»
  • an instance of agitation of the earth»s crust; «the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch»
  • 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»
  • 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»
  • (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»
  • surprise greatly; knock someone»s socks off; «I was floored when I heard that I was promoted»
  • an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
  • a sudden jarring impact
  • the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
  • a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
  • (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
  • collect or gather into shocks
  • strike with horror or terror
  • strike with disgust or revulsion

Synonyms for the word shock

• • appal
  • appall
  • ball over
  • blow
  • blow out of the water
  • concussion
  • cushion
  • daze
  • electric shock
  • electrical shock
  • floor
  • impact
  • offend
  • outrage
  • scandalize
  • seismic disturbance
  • shock absorber
  • stun
  • stupor
  • take aback
  • traumatize

Meronymys for the word shock

• • suspension
  • suspension system

Hyponyms for the word shock

• • air cushion
  • air spring
  • blip
  • cardiogenic shock
  • distributive shock
  • galvanise
  • galvanize
  • hypovolemic shock
  • insulin reaction
  • insulin shock
  • obstructive shock
  • startle

Hypernyms for the word shock

• • agglomerate
  • alarm
  • appal
  • appall
  • blow
  • bump
  • care for
  • churn up
  • clash
  • collapse
  • collect
  • collide
  • combat
  • cumulation
  • cumulus
  • damper
  • disgust
  • dismay
  • earthquake
  • fight
  • fighting
  • garner
  • gather
  • heap
  • horrify
  • inborn reflex
  • injure
  • innate reflex
  • instinctive reflex
  • mass
  • mound
  • muffler
  • nauseate
  • physiological reaction
  • pile
  • prostration
  • pull together
  • quake
  • reflex
  • reflex action
  • reflex response
  • revolt
  • scrap
  • seism
  • sicken
  • stupefaction
  • surname
  • surprise
  • temblor
  • treat
  • unconditioned reflex
  • wound

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