shock

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Meaning

1. A sudden, heavy impact.
2. A sudden, heavy impact.
3. A sudden, heavy impact.
4. A sudden, heavy impact.
5. A sudden, heavy impact.
6. A sudden, heavy impact.
7. A sudden, heavy impact.
8. A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
9. A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
10. A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.

jolt

electrical shock

seismic disturbance

ball over

blow out of the water

trespass against

be alarmed

be all eyes

be frightened

be shocked

be stunned

fill with fear

hay stack

sudden fear

being startled

cause to shudder

look with fixed eyes

stare dumbfounded

to frighten

stound

strike terror into

tremblor

sudden terror

compression wave

oscillating movement

jerking motion

afright

fill with horror

hay cock

blunder against

shot stroke

shock-wave noise

be amazed

bow-wave

by fits and starts

impinge on

impulsive force

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɒk/

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.