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The correct spelling is shocks.
How to pronounce shocks
noun
Say it like: Sho-ks
The correct spelling is shocks. A sudden, heavy impact. For example: "The train hit the buffers with a great shock."
Usage Examples
“The train hit the buffers with a great shock.”
“The disaster shocked the world.”
“His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A sudden, heavy impact.
- 2.A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- 3.An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- 4.A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
- 5.(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
verb
- 1.To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- 2.To give an electric shock to.
- 3.To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- 4.To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
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