Phrase Hound found 82 phrases and 71 compound words that contain shock. The most common are listed below. Open shock in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 82
- shock waveA powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound.
- electric shockAn instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
- shock absorberA mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.
- culture shockA state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
- shock absorptionThe act of dampening shocks by dissipating kinetic energy.
- shock and aweA doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force.
- heat shockThe response of an organism to a rapid rise in temperature
- shell shockA psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle, corresponding largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- shock absorbersplural of shock absorber: A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.
- shock wavesplural of shock wave: A powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound.
- shock therapyThe use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.
- shock stallA stall (“sudden loss of lift”) caused when the airflow over an aircraft's wings is disturbed by shock waves that occurs at a specific Mach number when the aircraft is accelerating to transonic speeds.
- anaphylactic shockA severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, constricting the trachea and causing generalized vasodilation.
- shock siteA website intended to offend or shock, containing frightening and/or distasteful content of a pornographic, scatological, or grotesquely violent nature. In most cases, it displays a particular picture most prominently; some shock sites …
- shock to the systemsomething that has a sudden and usually unpleasant effect on someone.
- septic shockA life-threatening condition caused by infection and sepsis, often after surgery or trauma.
- China shockThe negative impact of rising Chinese exports on manufacturing employment in the United States and Europe after China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001.
- future shockA sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.
- shock horrorAn expression of amazement at something controversial.
- termination shockThe boundary marking one of the outer limits of the Sun's influence, where the solar wind dramatically slows.
- bow shockA shock wave formed by the bow of an object travelling at supersonic speed.
- sticker shockDisgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale.
- cultural shockSynonym of culture shock (its previous form)
- acoustic shockThe symptoms that can be caused by unexpected loud sounds (an acoustic incident) received through a telephone headset.
- anti-shockAlternative form of antishock: That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.
Compound words 71
- antishockThat counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.
- mainshockThe largest earthquake in a sequence, sometimes preceded by foreshocks and almost always followed by aftershocks which are of lesser intensity.
- shockyIn a state of shock; suffering from shock.
- earthshockAn earthquake.
- midshockThe midpoint or any intervening point during the process of shock
- shockableAble to be shocked.
- thundershockA sudden burst of thunder, a thunderclap; any similarly loud and sudden noise; a sudden, severe shock.
- shockficFan fiction which has shocking or disturbing elements.
- shockerooA shock; a sudden disconcerting surprise.
- shockheadA head of long, unkempt, rough hair.