shock

shock is on the Basic English 850 List.

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Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ʃɒk/

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Noun

Singular shock

Plural shocks

1. A shock is the way it feels when a heavy thing suddenly hits another thing.
2. A shock is a sudden change that surprises people.
3. Shock is the way a person is when the person has lost some blood or has been hurt, and their heart is beating very fast and weakly.
4. A shock is a painful feeling that someone gets when electricity flows through their body.
5. A shock is a brief zap that someone gets after being in contact with static electricity.

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  The people felt the shock of the two cars hitting each other
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  This airplane moves so fast that it makes shock waves in the air
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  This person is feeling shocked
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  A person in shock who needs to rest after being hurt

Verb

Plain form shock

Third-person singular shocks

Past tense shocked

Past participle shocked

Present participle shocking

1. Someone is shocked when they are surprised at something

   He was shocked at how much she had changed since he had last met her.

2. If someone has been shocked, they got a painful feeling due to electricity flowing through their body.
3. If someone has been shocked, they have gotten a brief zap due to contact with static electricity.

Related words

• shocking
• shockingly