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General dictionaries General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. shocks: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. shocks: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
  3. Shock's, Shocks, shocks: Wordnik [home, info]
  4. shocks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  5. shocks: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. shocks: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  7. shocks: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  8. Shocks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  9. shocks: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shocks: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shocks: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shocks: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shocks: Idioms [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shocks: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shocks: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]

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Quick definitions from WordNet (shock)

noun:  the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat ("The armies met in the shock of battle")
noun:  an unpleasant or disappointing surprise ("It came as a shock to learn that he was injured")
noun:  an instance of agitation of the earth's crust ("The first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch")
noun:  a bushy thick mass (especially hair) ("He had an unruly shock of black hair")
noun:  a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field ("Corn is bound in small sheeves and several sheeves are set up together in shocks")
noun:  (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor ("Loss of blood is an important cause of shock")
noun:  a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses ("The old car needed a new set of shocks")
noun:  the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally ("He was numb with shock")
noun:  a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body ("Subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong response")
verb:  subject to electrical shocks
verb:  collect or gather into shocks ("Shock grain")
verb:  collide violently
verb:  strike with horror or terror ("The news of the bombing shocked her")
verb:  surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
verb:  strike with disgust or revulsion ("The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends")
verb:  inflict a trauma upon
name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13410)

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