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shock
English
Alternative forms
- choque (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k, -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkan? (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakan? (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kAg'-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). More at shog.
Noun
shock (countable and uncountable, plural shocks)
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:surprise
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shokku)
- ? Korean: ?? (syokeu)
Translations
Verb
shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
- They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “shock”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Etymology 2
Variant of shag.
Noun
shock (plural shocks)
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- Cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
- Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
- 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.
- (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
- 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
- When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz)
- 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
Verb
shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)
- (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
Anagrams
- Kosch, hocks
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English shock.
Noun
shock m (invariable)
- shock (medical; violent or unexpected event)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English shock.
Noun
shock m (plural shocks)
- shock
Derived terms
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company
English
Alternative forms
- companie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mp(?)ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?mp?ni/
- Hyphenation: com?pany
Noun
company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)
- A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
Synonyms
- (in legal context, a corporation): corporation
- (group of individuals with a common purpose): association, companionship, fellowship, organization, society
- (companionship): fellowship, friendship, mateship
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- accompany
- companion
- discompany
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????? (kampn?)
Translations
Verb
company (third-person singular simple present companies, present participle companying, simple past and past participle companied)
- (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
- (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.
- companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.
Synonyms
- (to accompany): attend, escort, go with
- (to have sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also Thesaurus:copulate
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?pa?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?pa?/
Noun
company m (plural companys, feminine companya)
- companion, colleague
- partner, mate
Derived terms
- acompanyar
Related terms
- companyia
Further reading
- “company” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Noun
company
- Alternative form of companye
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