Chok

German

Noun

Chok m

  1. Obsolete form of Schock.
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 78:
      In diesem Fall war die Tür obendrein mit kleinen Glasscheiben gefüllt, und das verstärkte den Chok: es war ein Schmettern und Klirren.
      In this case the door was also filled with small panes of glass, and that added to the shock: it was a clangor and a clink.
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