choquer

Meaning

1. to hit, to collide
2. to shock (surprise, startle)
3. to offend, to anger (especially in reflexive)

Concepts

shock

appal

horrify

scandalize

offend

crash

appall

scandalise

bump

jar

alarm

dismay

outrage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɔ.ke/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chocquer (“to clash in battle, shock, offend, hurt”), from Old French choquer (“to strike against”) and Picard chuquier, çuker (“to collide in battle, knock”), both of Germanic origin, possibly from Frankish *skukkōn, *skukkijan (“to jolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną, *skukkijaną (“to jolt”), possibly an iterative form of *skakaną (“to shake, stir”).
Cognate with Old High German scoc (“jolt, shock, swing”), Middle High German schucken, schocken (“to hit, bump, deliver a blow to”), Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt”), and English shock.