Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To injure by concussion: "a middle-aged woman concussed by a blow on the head” ( Manchester Guardian Weekly).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To shake or agitate.
- To force by threats to do something, especially to surrender or dispose of something of value; intimidate into a course of action; coerce: as, he was concussed into signing the document.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
- v. law To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To shake or agitate.
- v. (Law) To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
WordNet 3.0
- v. shake violently
- v. injure the brain; sustain a concussion
Etymologies
- From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō ("shake violently"), from con- + quatiō ("shake, hit"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin concutere, concuss-, to strike together : com-, com- + quatere, to strike; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Now they are being portrayed as evil, soulless dudes who don't care if they concuss themselves or give concussions to others.”
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“Automatic weapons fire sizzles over my head; mortars concuss in the water.”
“Firearms have approximately zero range underwater, so are even less dangerous, although they may concuss the shooter.”
“Or would we rather have a world where no foolish grade schooler can ever concuss herself on a steep snowfield?”
“That they must gas, beat, concuss those damn peace-activists.”
“Lieberman said, "Boy, I'm glad I never have to run any kind of political campaign against this administration, what with their bullock-sized testicles always threatening to concuss opposition.”
“Ok, I'll go cool off my scalded tongue from all that midnight Lipton dosage and try to concuss.”
“And let the record reflect, I was not out to concuss any baby birds.”
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“Not only have I witnessed cats knock over cookie jars and vases heavy enough to concuss, I was the victim of a murder attempt by a four-month-old kitten.”
“The echo of the gun blast seemed to concuss the entire room.”
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