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shell shocking

shell shocking is the present participle and gerund of shell shock.

Meaning of shell shock

Verb

shell shock (third-person singular simple present shell shocks, present participle shell shocking, simple past and past participle shell shocked)

  1. (figuratively, transitive) To stun or debilitate as by a shock.
    • It was General du Pont's 'forty-five' which bellowed and thundered and echoed through Fifth avenue, scaring horses and shell shocking pedestrians.1919, Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, numbers 148-152, page xx

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What is shell shocking the present participle and gerund of?
Shell shocking is the present participle and gerund of shell shock.

Words near shell shocking in the dictionary

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  4. shell shock
  5. shell shocked
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  8. shell shoveling
  9. shell star
  10. shell stars
  11. shell steak

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