Definitions for shocks

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shocks shock

Spelling: [shok]

IPA: /ʃɒk/

Shocks is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in shocks (chkoss).

Definitions for shocks

noun

1. a sudden and violent blow or impact; collision.
2. a sudden or violent disturbance or commotion:
3. a sudden or violent disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities:
4. the cause of such a disturbance:
5. Pathology. a collapse of circulatory function, caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor, sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure. Compare anaphylactic shock, cardiogenic shock, hypovolemic shock.
6. the physiological effect produced by the passage of an electric current through the body.
7. shocks, Informal. shock absorbers, especially in the suspension of an automobile.
8. a group of sheaves of grain placed on end and supporting one another in the field.
9. a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
10. Also, shock dog. a dog with long, shaggy hair.

adjective

1. shaggy, as hair.

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or jar with intense surprise, horror, disgust, etc.:
2. to strike against violently.
3. to give an electric shock to.
4. to make into shocks.

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo a shock.

Origin of shocks

1555-65; Middle French choc armed encounter, noun derivative of choquer to clash (in battle) Germanic; compare Dutch schokken to shake, jolt, jerk

Examples for shocks

Even Hope's strong constitution felt the shock of this adventure.

She had a shock every time she came in and found it still there.

Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.

One purpose of this introduction is to prepare the reader for such a shock.

In growth all is adjusted to capacity; it is not meant to shock, force, or frighten.

shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.

And with his head still turned, Andrew felt a shock and flounder.

She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.

But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.

Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.