Scrabble & Words with friends points
- shocks is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
- shocks is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
- shocks is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15
Definition of shocks
- the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat (noun)
Examples
- the armies met in the shock of battle
Synonyms
- impact
- a sudden jarring impact (noun)
Examples
- all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
Synonyms
- jar
- jolt
- jounce
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off (verb)
Synonyms
- ball over
- blow out of the water
- floor
- take aback
- a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses (noun)
Examples
- the old car needed a new set of shocks
Synonyms
- cushion
- shock absorber
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body (noun)
Examples
- subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
- electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks
Synonyms
- electric shock
- electrical shock
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise (noun)
Examples
- it came as a shock to learn that he was injured
Synonyms
- blow
- an instance of agitation of the earth's crust (noun)
Examples
- the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch
Synonyms
- seismic disturbance
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally (noun)
Examples
- he was numb with shock
Synonyms
- daze
- stupor
- inflict a trauma upon (verb)
Synonyms
- traumatise
- traumatize
- strike with disgust or revulsion (verb)
Examples
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
Synonyms
- appal
- appall
- offend
- outrage
- scandalise
- scandalize
- a bushy thick mass (especially hair) (noun)
Examples
- he had an unruly shock of black hair
- a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field (noun)
Examples
- corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks
- whole fields of wheat in shock
- collect or gather into shocks (verb)
Examples
- shock grain
- collide violently (verb)
- (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 (noun)
Examples
- loss of blood is an important cause of shock
- strike with horror or terror (verb)
Examples
- The news of the bombing shocked her
- subject to electrical shocks (verb)
See definition of shocks in Merriam Webster