Shook vs. Shock

Shook vs. Shock — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Shook and Shock

Shooknoun

A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.

Shocknoun

Sudden, heavy impact.

The train hit the buffers with a great shock.

Shooknoun

The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

Shocknoun

(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Shookverb

To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.

Shocknoun

Electric shock, a sudden burst of electric energy, hitting an animate animal such as a human.

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Shooknoun

a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

Shocknoun

Circulatory shock, a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.

Shocknoun

A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance

Shocknoun

(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

Shocknoun

An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.

Shocknoun

A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

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Shocknoun

(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass)

a head covered with a shock of sandy hair

Shocknoun

A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.

Shockverb

To cause to be emotionally shocked.

The disaster shocked the world.

Shockverb

To give an electric shock.

Shockverb

To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

Shockverb

To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

to shock rye

Shocknoun

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;

his mother's deathleft him in a dazehe was numb with shock

Shocknoun

the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;

the armies met in the shock of battle

Shocknoun

a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;

subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong responseelectricians get accustomed to occasional shocks

Shocknoun

(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor;

loss of blood is an important cause of shock

Shocknoun

an instance of agitation of the earth's crust;

the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch

Shocknoun

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

it came as a shock to learn that he was injured

Shocknoun

a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field;

corn is bound in small sheeves and several sheeves are set up together in shockswhole fields of wheat in shock

Shocknoun

a bushy thick mass (especially hair);

he had an unruly shock of black hair

Shocknoun

a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;

the old car needed a new set of shocks

Shockverb

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;

I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

Shockverb

strike with disgust or revulsion;

The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends

Shockverb

strike with horror or terror;

The news of the bombing shocked her

Shockverb

collide violently

Shockverb

collect or gather into shocks;

shock grain

Shockverb

subject to electrical shocks

Shockverb

inflict a trauma upon