∙ Something so surprising that it is stunning. figuratively
∙ Electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human.
∙ Circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
∙ A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance
∙ A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation. mathematics
Verb
∙ To cause to be emotionally shocked.
∙ To give an electric shock.
∙ To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. obsolete, intransitive
Noun
∙ An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.
∙ A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. commerce, dated
∙ A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass) by extension
∙ A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog. obsolete, by comparison
Verb
∙ To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
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