Shock may refer to:

Common uses

Collective noun

*Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Special names * Stook, or shock of grain, stacked sheaves

Healthcare

* Shock (circulatory), circulatory medical emergency ** Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart ** Distributive shock, resulting from an abnormal distribution of blood flow *** Septic shock, a result of severe infection *** Toxic shock syndrome, a specific type of severe infection *** Anaphylactic shock ** Hemorrhagic shock, from a large volume of blood loss ** Neurogenic shock, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system * Cold shock response of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water * Electric shock ** Defibrillation, electric shock to restore heart rhythm ** Electroconvulsive therapy or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment * Hydrostatic shock, from ballistic impact * Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin ** Insulin shock therapy, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy * Osmotic shock, caused by solute concentration around a cell * Psychological shock or acute stress reaction, to terrifying events ** Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma

Physical sciences

* Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration ** Shock absorber ** Shock mount ** Shock wave *** Oblique shock * Shock (fluid dynamics), an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field * Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy * Electric shock * Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae * Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics) * Thermal shock

Social sciences

* Shock (economics), an unpredicted event that affects an economy **Demand shock ** Supply shock * Culture shock, in social psychology * Shock value, in popular psychology

Places

* Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

People

People with the given name or nickname

* Shock or Harry Del Rios (born 1973), American professional wrestler * Shock G or Gregory E. Jacobs (1963–2021), American musician and rapper

People with the surname

* Maurice Shock (born 1936), British educator * Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller * Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician * Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Categories and genres

* Shock art * Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster * Shock rock, a genera of rock music * Shock site, deliberately offensive website

Films

* The Shock (film), ''The Shock'' (film), a 1923 silent film * Shock (1934 film), ''Shock'' (1934 film), starring Ralph Forbes * Shock (1946 film), ''Shock'' (1946 film), starring Vincent Price * Shock (1977 film), ''Shock'' (1977 film), an Italian film * Shock (2004 film), ''Shock'' (2004 film), a Tamil film starring Prashanth Thyagarajan * Shock (2006 film), ''Shock'' (2006 film), a Telugu film

Music

Groups and labels

* Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group * Shock Records, an Australian record label

Albums

* Shock (The Motels album), ''Shock'' (The Motels album), 1985 * Shock (Tesla album), ''Shock'' (Tesla album), 2019

Songs

* Shock (Beast song), "Shock" (Beast song), a 2010 song by South Korean boy band Beast * Shock (Fear Factory song), "Shock" (Fear Factory song), a 1998 song by Fear Factory * Shock (The Motels song), "Shock" (The Motels song), 1985 * "Shock", a 1987 song by The Psychedelic Furs from ''Midnight to Midnight'' * "Shock!", a 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute * "Shock (Unmei)", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Shock: Social Science Fiction'', role-playing game * ''Shock Theater'', a 1950s and 1960s American television film series * Shock (novel), ''Shock'' (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook * Shock (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain * Shock (journal), ''Shock'' (journal), a medical journal * Shock (musical), ''Shock'' (musical), a Japanese stage musical series * The Shock (TV program), ''The Shock'' (TV program), an Arabic-language hidden-camera show * Shock Gibson, a fictional comic book superhero

Military

* Shock and awe, display of force to destroy an opponent's will to fight * Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic * Shock troops, who apply shock tactics

Sports and teams

* Spokane Shock, an arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, US * Tulsa Shock, a WNBA professional women's basketball team ** Detroit Shock, previous name of Tulsa Shock * San Francisco Shock, a professional Overwatch League team