A violent collision, impact, or explosion, or the force or movement resulting from this, A massive, acute physiological reaction usually to physical trauma, infection, or allergy, characterized by a marked loss of blood pressure, resulting in a diminished blood flow to body tissues and a rapid heart rate, A shock absorber, intransitive verb_ To surprise and disturb greatly, To administer electric current to (a patient) to treat cardiac arrest or life-threatening arrhythmias, To be occupied with making shocks., transitive verb_ To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence, To gather (grain) into shocks, To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil