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What (who) is SHOCKS - definition
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shock
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n.
1) to give smb. a shock
2) to express; feel; get, have a shock
3) to absorb a shock
4) an emotional; mild, slight; profound, rude, severe, terrible shock
5) (a) culture; electric; future; insulin; shell (old-fashioned) shock
6) a shock to (his arrest was a shock to everybody)
7) a shock to + inf. (it was a shock to learn of his death = it was a shock learning of his death)
8) a shock that + clause (it came as a shock that he had been released from prison)
9) shock at (everyone expressed shock at the hijacking)
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) to shock into (to shock smb. into doing smt.)
2) (R) it shocked me (to learn) that he had been in prison
shock
(shocks, shocking, shocked)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you have a shock, something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising.
The extent of the violence came as a shock...
He has never recovered from the shock of your brother's death...
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2.
Shock is a person's emotional and physical condition when something very frightening or upsetting has happened to them.
She's still in a state of shock.
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3.
If someone is in shock, they are suffering from a serious physical condition in which their blood is not flowing round their body properly, for example because they have had a bad injury.
They escaped the blaze but were rushed to hospital suffering from shock.
N-UNCOUNT: oft in N
4.
If something shocks you, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it.
After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me...
VERB: V n
• shocked
This was a nasty attack and the woman is still very shocked.
ADJ
5.
If someone or something shocks you, it upsets or offends you because you think it is rude or morally wrong.
You can't shock me...
They were easily shocked in those days...
We were always trying to be creative and to shock.
VERB: V n, be V-ed, V
• shocked
Don't look so shocked.
ADJ
6.
A shock announcement or event is one which shocks people because it is unexpected. (JOURNALISM)
...the shock announcement that she is to resign.
...a shock defeat.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
A shock is the force of something suddenly hitting or pulling something else.
Steel barriers can bend and absorb the shock.
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8.
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9.
A shock of hair is a very thick mass of hair on a person's head. (WRITTEN)
...a very old priest with a shock of white hair.
N-COUNT: N of n
10.
shock
shock1
¦ noun
1. a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience, or the resulting feeling.
short for electric shock.
2. an acute medical condition associated with a fall in blood pressure, caused by loss of blood, severe burns, sudden emotional stress, etc.
3. a violent shaking movement caused by an impact, explosion, or tremor.
4. short for shock absorber.
¦ verb
1. cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
offend the moral feelings of; outrage.
2. affect with physiological shock, or with an electric shock.
3. archaic collide violently.
Derivatives
shockability noun
shockable adjective
shockproof adjective
Origin
C16: from Fr. choc (n.), choquer (v.), of unknown origin.
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shock2
¦ noun a group of twelve sheaves of grain placed upright and supporting each other to allow the grain to dry and ripen.
¦ verb arrange in shocks.
Origin
ME: perh. from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. schok, of unknown origin.
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shock3
¦ noun an unkempt or thick mass of hair.
Origin
C17 (denoting a dog with long shaggy hair): origin uncertain; cf. obs. shough, denoting a breed of lapdog.
Examples of use of SHOCKS
1. It said there would be four main sets of "shocks" for each scenario: shocks to the labor force (through deaths and dislocation to production); additional supply shocks through increased costs; demand shocks; and risk premium shocks, involving financial flows.
2. Are seismic shocks translated into political upheavals?
3. As the size of the shocks increased, they heard screams, shouts, banging on the wall and desperate pleas for the shocks to stop.
4. Tolga Ediz, of Lehman Brothers in London, said: "If you can anchor expectations then any shocks, including external shocks, can be more easily dealt with."
5. The shocks have come from many directions this year.