shock

1. n. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook. Source: opted

2. n. A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. Source: opted

3. v. t. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye. Source: opted

4. v. i. To be occupied with making shocks. Source: opted

5. n. A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset. Source: opted

6. n. A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event. Source: opted

7. n. A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like. Source: opted

8. n. The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body. Source: opted

9. v. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence. Source: opted

10. v. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. Source: opted

11. v. i. To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. Source: opted

12. n. A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog. Source: opted

13. n. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair. Source: opted

14. a. Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. Source: opted

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