A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
A sudden, heavy impact.
A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
Something so surprising that it is stunning.
A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
A shock wave.
Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
To give an electric shock to.
To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
Intense dread, fright, or fear.
The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
A night terror.
Terrorism.
Something or someone that causes such fear.