Category:Shock

Shock, n. Etym: [oe. schokke; cf. Od schocke, g. schock a heap, Quantity, threescore, mhg. schoc, sw. skok, and also g. hocke a heap Of hay, lith. kugis.]

1. 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. And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Tusser. Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks. Thomson.

2. Etym: [g. schock.] (com.)

Defn: a lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

Shock Shock, v. t.

Defn: to collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, To shock rye.

Shock Shock, v. i.

Defn: to be occupied with making shocks. Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, bind fast, shock Apace. Tusser.

Shock Shock, n. Etym: [cf. D. schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, ohg. scoc a Swing, mhg. schoc, icel. skykkjun tremuously, f. choc a shock, Collision, a dashing or striking against, sp. choque, it. ciocco a Log. sq. root161. Cf. Shock to shake.]

1. 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. These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks of tides and seas Tempestuous. Blackmore. He stood the shock of a whole host of foes. Addison.

2. 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. "a shock of Pleasure." Talfourd.

3. (med.)

Defn: 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.

4. (elec.)

Defn: 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.

Syn. -- concussion, shock. Both words signify a sudden violent shaking Caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to Matter, while shock is used also of mental states.

Shock Shock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.] Etym: [oe. schokken; cf. D. schokken, f. choquer, sp. chocar. sq. root161. Cf. Chuck to strike, jog, shake, shock a striking, shog, n. & v.]

1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike Against suddenly; to encounter with violence. Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them. Shak. A shall never forget the force with which he shocked de vipont. Sir W. Scott.

2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to Recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. Advise him not to shock a father's will. Dryden.

Shock Shock, v. i.

Defn: to meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. "they saw The moment approach when the two parties would shock together." De Quincey.

Shock Shock, n. Etym: [cf. Shag.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: a dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.

2. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of Sandy hair.

Shock Shock, a.

Defn: bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. His red shock peruke. . . was laid aside. Sir w. Scott.