Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 22 compound words that contain shocks. The most common are listed below. Open shocks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- culture shocksplural of culture shock: A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.
- electric shocksplural of electric shock: An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
- oblique shocksplural of oblique shock: A shock wave that, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the incident upstream flow direction.
- acoustic shocksplural of acoustic shock: The symptoms that can be caused by unexpected loud sounds (an acoustic incident) received through a telephone headset.
- after-shocksplural of after-shock: An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
- anti-shocksplural of anti-shock: That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.
- bow shocksplural of bow shock: A shock wave formed by the bow of an object travelling at supersonic speed.
- cultural shocksplural of cultural shock: Synonym of culture shock (its previous form)
- current shocksplural of current shock: An electric shock.
- return shocksplural of return shock: An electric shock due to the action of induction, sometimes felt after a lightning flash.
- shell shocksplural of shell shock: A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle, corresponding largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- sticker shocksplural of sticker shock: Disgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale.
- supply shocksplural of supply shock: An event that suddenly increases or decreases the supply of a commodity or service, or of commodities and services in general.
- termination shocksplural of termination shock: The boundary marking one of the outer limits of the Sun's influence, where the solar wind dramatically slows.
- short sharp shocksplural of short sharp shock: A regime intended to deter crime by making an immediate severe impact.
- circulatory shocksplural of circulatory shock: A medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- accretion shocksplural of accretion shock: A spherical shock wave that arises when material spirals inward to a gravitational source such as a star or black hole.
- ontological shocksplural of ontological shock: The state of being forced to question one's worldview.
- neurogenic shocksplural of neurogenic shock: Shock caused by extreme excitability of the parasympathetic nervous system. This hyperexcitability is caused by severe pain and results in an extreme slowing of heartbeat and pulse, leading to a dangerous drop …
- anaphylactic shocksplural of anaphylactic shock: A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, constricting the trachea and causing generalized vasodilation.
- cardiogenic shocksplural of cardiogenic shock: A medical emergency resulting from reduced blood flow to the body caused by ventricular dysfunction.
- shocks and awesthird-person singular simple present indicative of shock and awe: A doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force.
Compound words 22
- aftershocksplural of aftershock: An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
- shockstallAlternative form of shock stall: A 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.
- subshocksplural of subshock: Describing a dosage of insulin that does not lead to acute hypoglycemia.
- antishocksplural of antishock: That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.
- bowshocksplural of bowshock: A shock wave formed by the bow of an object travelling at supersonic speed.
- countershocksplural of countershock: A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse
- downshocksplural of downshock: Any shock caused by a sudden decrease (in temperature, pressure etc).
- earthshocksplural of earthshock: An earthquake.
- electroshocksplural of electroshock: electric shock.
- footshocksplural of footshock: A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments