Meaning

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

noun the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

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

originFrom Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with…

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