Shock vs. Shake

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Shocknoun

Sudden, heavy impact.

Shocknoun

(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Shocknoun

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

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.

Shocknoun

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

Shocknoun

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

Shockverb

To cause to be emotionally shocked.

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.

Shocknoun

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.

Shocknoun

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

Shocknoun

A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.

Shocknoun

A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.

Shocknoun

A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.

Shocknoun

The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.

Shocknoun

A dog with long hair or shag; - called also shockdog.

Shocknoun

A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.

Shockverb

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

Shockverb

To be occupied with making shocks.

Shockverb

To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

Shockverb

To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.

Shockverb

To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.

Shockverb

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

Shockadjective

Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

Shocknoun

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

Shocknoun

the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat;

Shocknoun

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

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;

Shocknoun

an instance of agitation of the earth's crust;

Shocknoun

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

Shocknoun

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

Shocknoun

a bushy thick mass (especially hair);

Shocknoun

a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;

Shockverb

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off;

Shockverb

strike with disgust or revulsion;

Shockverb

strike with horror or terror;

Shockverb

collide violently

Shockverb

collect or gather into shocks;

Shockverb

subject to electrical shocks

Shockverb

inflict a trauma upon

Shakeverb

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

Shakeverb

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

Shakeverb

(transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

Shakeverb

(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.

Shakeverb

(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).

Shakeverb

(intransitive) To move from side to side.

Shakeverb

To shake hands.

Shakeverb

(intransitive) To dance.

Shakeverb

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.

Shakeverb

To threaten to overthrow.

Shakeverb

To be agitated; to lose firmness.

Shakenoun

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

Shakenoun

A milkshake.

Shakenoun

A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.

Shakenoun

Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.

Shakenoun

(building material) A thin shingle.

Shakenoun

A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.

Shakenoun

A fissure in rock or earth.

Shakenoun

A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.

Shakenoun

(informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)

Shakenoun

(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

Shakenoun

(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

Shakenoun

A shook of staves and headings.

Shakenoun

The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Shake

obs. p. p. of Shake.

Shakeverb

To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

Shakeverb

Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

Shakeverb

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

Shakeverb

To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; - generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

Shakeverb

To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

Shakenoun

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

Shakenoun

A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.

Shakenoun

A fissure in rock or earth.

Shakenoun

A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

Shakenoun

One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

Shakenoun

A shook of staves and headings.

Shakenoun

The redshank; - so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.

Shakenoun

building material used as siding or roofing

Shakenoun

frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

Shakenoun

a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

Shakenoun

grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

Shakenoun

reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement

Shakenoun

causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Shakeverb

move or cause to move back and forth;

Shakeverb

move with or as if with a tremor;

Shakeverb

shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively;

Shakeverb

move back and forth or sideways;

Shakeverb

undermine or cause to waver;

Shakeverb

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;

Shakeverb

get rid of;

Shakeverb

bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking;

Shakeverb

shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state;

Shakeverb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate

Shakeverb

cause to tremble or vibrate

Shakeverb

(of a person, part of the body, or the voice) tremble uncontrollably from a strong emotion

Shakeverb

move (an object) up and down or from side to side with rapid, forceful, jerky movements

Shakeverb

remove (an object or substance) from something by movements of this kind

Shakeverb

grasp (someone) and move them roughly to and fro, either in anger or to rouse them from sleep

Shakeverb

brandish in anger or as a warning; make a threatening gesture with

Shakeverb

get rid of or put an end to

Shakeverb

upset the composure or confidence of; shock or astonish

Shakeverb

cause a change of mood or attitude by shocking or disturbing (someone)

Shakenoun

an act of shaking

Shakenoun

an amount of something that is sprinkled by shaking a container

Shakenoun

a fit of trembling or shivering

Shakenoun

short for milkshake

Shakenoun

an earth tremor.

Shakenoun

a trill.

Shakenoun

a kind of rough wooden shingle, used especially on rustic buildings

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