Definition of "shock" in Englisch

noun

1. A sudden, heavy impact.

   • The train hit the buffers with a great shock.

2. (automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).

   • If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks.

3. (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

4. A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.

adjective

1. Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.

   • His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

   • The disaster shocked the world.

2. (transitive) To give an electric shock to.

3. (transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.

   • Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.

4. (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.

5. (transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.

6. (geology, transitive) To deform the crystal structure of a stone by the application of extremely high pressure at moderate temperature, as produced only by hypervelocity impact events, lightning strikes, and nuclear explosions.

noun

1. An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.

2. (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

3. (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.

   • His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.

4. (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.

verb

1. (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

   • to shock rye