sudden+blow
51List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …
52joltings — n. act of giving unexpected jerks or shakes; sudden blow; movement caused by a sudden blow …
53Impulse — Im pulse, n. [L. impulsus, fr. impellere. See {Impel}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. [1913 Webster] All… …
54clap — I. verb (clapped; also clapt; clapping) Etymology: Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan to throb; akin to Old High German klaphōn to beat Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to strike (as two flat hard surfaces) together so as to… …
55zap — zapper, n. /zap/, v., zapped, zapping, n. Informal. v.t. 1. to kill or shoot. 2. to attack, defeat, or destroy with sudden speed and force. 3. to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc. 4. to strike or jolt suddenly and… …
56Operation Barbarossa — Part of the Eastern Front of World War II …
57jaup — I Cleveland Dialect List to agitate water or other fluid sharply in a vessel; to move as the shaken water in the vessel does II North Country (Newcastle) Words to move liquid irregularly to splash: The water went jauping in the skeel jaup to… …
58Battle of Delville Wood — Part of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War …
59shock — {{11}}shock (1) sudden blow, 1560s, a military term, from M.Fr. choc violent attack, from O.Fr. choquer strike against, probably from Frankish, from a P.Gmc. imitative base (Cf. M.Du. schokken to push, jolt, O.H.G. scoc jolt, swing ). Meaning a… …
60zap — [[t]zæp[/t]] v. zapped, zap•ping, n. Informal. 1) cvb inf to attack, defeat, destroy, or kill with sudden speed and force 2) cvb inf to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, gunfire, etc 3) cvb inf to strike or jolt suddenly… …
