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See shote2. shock1 (shok), n. [Formerly also chock ( F. ) choc = Sp. Pg. a shock, shock, jolt jolt (> (> OF. (and F.) choque , a shock, = It. cico cicoco , a block, stump); appar. , etc., shake: see shake. The varied forms of the verb ( shock , > shog, > jog , also shuck) suggest a confusion of two words. The E. noun may be from the verb.] 1. A violent collision; a concu ion; a violent striking or dashing together or against, as of bodies; specifically, in seismology , an earth- quake-shock (see earthquake ). With harsh-resounding trumpets' dreadful bray, And grating shock of wrathful iron arms. Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 136. At thy command, I would with boyst'rous shock Go run my selfe against the hardest rock. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden. One of the kings of France died miserably by the chock of an hog. Bp. Patrick, Divine Arithmetick, p. 27. ( Latham , under [chock). It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock . Cowper , Lo of the Royal George. 2. Any sudden and more or le violent physical or mental impre ion. A cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame. Talfourd , Ion, i. 2. With twelve great shocks of sound, the shamele noon Was clash'd and hammer'd from a hundred towers. Tennyson, Godiva. There is a shock of likene when we pa from one of people. IMG:content-0899.png:[blocks in formation] discriminate numerically, but, at the moment of bringing our attention to bear, perceive to be similar to the first; just as there is a shock of difference when we pa between two di imilars. W. James, Prin. of Psychology, I. 529. Specifically-(a) In elect., a making or breaking of, or sudden variation in, an electric current, acting as a stim ulant to sensory nerves or other irritable ti ues. (b) In pathol., a condition of profound prostration of voluntary and involuntary functions, of acute onset, caused by trauma, surgical operation, or exce ive sudden emotional disturbance (mental shock). It is due, in part at least, to the over-stimulation and consequent exhaustion of the nervous centers, po ibly combined with the inhibitory action of centers rendered too irritable by the over-stimulation or otherwise. The man dies because vital parts of the organism have been destroyed in the collision, and this condition of shock , this insensibility to usele pain, is the most merciful provision that can be conceived. Lancet (1887), II. 306. (c) A sudden attack of paralysis; a stroke. [Colloq.] 3. A strong and sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a startling surprise accompanied by grief, alarm, indignation, horror, relief, joy, or other strong emotion: as, a shock to the moral sense of a community. A single bankruptcy may give a shock to commercial centres that is felt in every home throughout all nations. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 132. springle wagon on a rough road. Shock is used figuratively; we speak sometimes of the collision of ideas or of minds; concu ion and jolt are only literal.