shock in WordNet English dictionary

1. strike with disgust or revulsion
   "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
   shock  offend  scandalize  scandalise  appal  appall  outrage 
   
2. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
   "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
   shock  floor  ball over  blow out of the water  take aback 
   
3. inflict a trauma upon
   traumatize  traumatise  shock 
   
4. subject to electrical shocks
   shock 
   
5. collect or gather into shocks
   "shock grain"
   shock 
   
6. collide violently
   shock 
   
7. strike with horror or terror
   "The news of the bombing shocked her"
   shock 
   

1. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
   "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
   shock  blow 
   
2. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
   "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
   shock absorber  shock  cushion 
   
3. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
   "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock"
   daze  shock  stupor 
   
4. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
   "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
   electric shock  electrical shock  shock 
   
5. the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
   "the armies met in the shock of battle"
   shock  impact 
   
6. a sudden jarring impact
   "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
   jolt  jar  jounce  shock 
   
7. an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
   "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"
   shock  seismic disturbance 
   
8. 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 sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock"
   shock 
   
9. a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
   "he had an unruly shock of black hair"
   shock 
   
10. (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"
    shock