SHOCK Meaning of SHOCK in English n. & v.n. a group of usu. twelve corn-sheaves stood up with their heads together in a field. v.tr. arrange (corn) in shocks. [ ME, perh. repr. OE sc(e)oc (unrecorded) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012