What is the meaning of shock?

noun

• The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
  • usage: "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock"
  • synonyms: daze, stupor
• The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat.
  • usage: "the armies met in the shock of battle"
  • synonyms: impact
• A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body.
  • usage: "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
  • synonyms: electric shock, electrical shock
• 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. (
  • usage: "loss of blood is an important cause of shock"
• An instance of agitation of the earth's crust.
  • usage: "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"
  • synonyms: seismic disturbance
• An unpleasant or disappointing surprise.
  • usage: "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
  • synonyms: blow
• A pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field.
  • usage: "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock"
• A bushy thick mass (especially hair. )
  • usage: "he had an unruly shock of black hair"
• A sudden jarring impact.
  • usage: "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
  • synonyms: jolt, jar, jounce
• A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses.
  • usage: "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
  • synonyms: shock absorber, cushion

verb

• Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.
  • usage: "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
  • synonyms: floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
• Strike with disgust or revulsion.
  • usage: "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
  • synonyms: offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
• Strike with horror or terror.
  • usage: "The news of the bombing shocked her"
• Collide violently.
• Collect or gather into shocks.
  • usage: "shock grain"
• Subject to electrical shocks.
• Inflict a trauma upon.
  • synonyms: traumatize, traumatise