Usually means: Device that dampens mechanical shock.
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  1. shock absorber: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shock absorber: Merriam-Webster
  3. shock absorber: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shock absorber: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shock absorber: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shock absorber: Vocabulary.com
  7. shock-absorber: Wordnik
  8. shock absorber: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Shock absorber, Shock absorber: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. shock absorber: Wiktionary
  11. shock absorber: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. shock absorber: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. shock absorber: Dictionary.com
  14. Shock absorber: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. shock absorber: Rhymezone
  16. shock absorber: FreeDictionary.org
  17. shock absorber: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. shock absorber: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  2. Shock Absorber: Investopedia
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  1. shock absorber: Encyclopedia

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  1. shock absorber: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shock absorber)

noun:  (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.

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