3. (Med.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some
profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or
the like.
4. (Elec.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused
by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.
Syn. — Concussion, Shock. Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but
concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states.
Shock
(Shock), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken,
F. choquer, Sp. chocar. &radic161. Cf. Chuck to strike, Jog, Shake, Shock a striking, Shog, n. &
v.]
1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with
violence.
Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them.
Shak.
I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont.
Sir W. Scott. 2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Advise him not to shock a father's will.
Dryden. Shock
(Shock), v. i. To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. "They saw the moment approach
when the two parties would shock together." De Quincey.
Shock
(Shock), n. [Cf. Shag.]
1. (Zoöl.) A dog with long hair or shag; — called also shockdog.
2. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
Shock
(Shock), a. Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside.
Sir W. Scott. Shockdog
(Shock"dog`) n. (Zoöl.) See 7th Shock, 1.
Shock-head
(Shock"-head`) a. Shock- headed. Tennyson.
Shock-headed
(Shock"-head`ed), a. Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
Shocking
(Shock"ing), a. Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with
horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
The grossest and most shocking villainies.
Secker. — Shock"ing*ly, adv. — Shock"ing*ness, n.
Shod
(Shod) imp. & p. p. f Shoe.
Shoddy
(Shod"dy) n. [Perhaps fr. Shed, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shedor thrown off.]
1. A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings,
rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
