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verb

Shock v. t. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.

Shock v. t. (past & past part. shocked; pres. part. shocking)

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." "I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont."

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."

(Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.

Shock v. i. To be occupied with making shocks. "Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, Bind fast, shock apace."

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."

adjective

Shocking adj. 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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shocking" Quotes from Famous Books

... Josephus, it was any such crime, I am not satisfied. In the mean time, their making their father drunk, and their solicitous concealment of what they did from him, shows that they despaired of persuading him to an action which, at the best, could not but be very suspicious and shocking to so ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

... Gervase, "it's all too shocking to be a laughing matter. Don't you agree with me, Mrs. Dixon? The sinful extravagance that went on at Pentre always frightened me. You remember that ball they gave last year? Mr. Gervase assured ...

— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... so shocking to poor Jack, that he was ready to go mad. He ran to the window, and saw the two Giants coming along arm in arm. This window was right over the gates ...

— The Story of Jack and the Giants • Anonymous

... youngsters, eat buns in the street, and join the haymakers. They do not want the truth. Without knowing anything of Freud, they can add to their new and dreadful knowledge of this world all they want of the subconscious by reading the warlike speeches of the aged, one of the most obscene and shocking features of the War. The soldiers who are home on leave turn in revolt from that to hop-scotch. Yes, the truth about our own day will hardly bear looking at, whether it is reflected from common speech, or from the minds of artists like Mr. ...

— Waiting for Daylight • Henry Major Tomlinson

... father. It isn't her way of working. Why couldn't she have known that when a title is to be had for the asking, the owner must be a shocking ...

— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy

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