Collins English-English Dictionary

shock [ʃɒk]

1. 1. vb to experience or cause to experience extreme horror, disgust, surprise, etc

   the atrocities shocked us

   she shocks easily

2. 2. vb to cause a state of shock in (a person)

3. 3. vb to come or cause to come into violent contact; jar

4. 4. n a sudden and violent jarring blow or impact

5. 5. n something that causes a sudden and violent disturbance in the emotions

   the shock of her father's death made her ill

6. 6. n [pathol] a state of bodily collapse or near collapse caused by circulatory failure or sudden lowering of the blood pressure, as from severe bleeding, burns, fright, etc

7. 7. n [Etymology] C16: from Old French choc, from choquier to make violent contact with, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German schoc

shock [ʃɒk]

1. 1. n a number of sheaves set on end in a field to dry

2. 2. n a pile or stack of unthreshed corn

3. 3. vt. [tr] to set up (sheaves) in shocks

4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schok shock of corn, group of sixty

shock [ʃɒk]

1. 1. n a thick bushy mass, esp of hair

2. 2. adj [rare] bushy; shaggy

3. 3. adj [Etymology] C19: perhaps from shock²