Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Constructed or designed to withstand blows or jarring.
Wiktionary
- adj. Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.
- adj. Protected from imparting electric shocks.
- v. transitive To protect from imparting electric shocks.
Etymologies
- shock + -proof (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's Stylus SW series -- which claims to be "shockproof," "waterproof," and "freezeproof," -- have provided Ed Baig and me amble opportunity for torture tests this year on our Talking Tech web video show.”
“As for "shockproof," it can withstand a fall from three feet (which will definitely be a nice feature to those with shaky hands), and in terms of waterproof, it can go underwater at a depth of 16 feet.”
“I love my children, they keep me entertained and have rendered me shockproof!”
“The 1080p Playsport Zx5 $150, kodak.com is shockproof, dustproof and waterproof up to 10 feet—perfect for those activities where a smartphone would be ruined, like scuba diving, snowboarding or cannonballing into hotel pools.”
“Over the years, we've had lots of fun putting Olympus's Tough camera series through various torture tests -- to see just how waterproof, shockproof and freezeproof these cams really were.”
“At CES, Olympus unveiled the TG-310 and TG-610, the latest additions to the waterproof, freezeproof and shockproof line of cameras.”
Consumer Reports: CES 2011: Olympus's new Tough cameras can do 3D with one lens
“Spend the extra money and get a Nikon prostaff ... waterproof, fogproof, shockproof, and a lifetime warrentee.”
How many of you guys have used the Bushnell Banner scopes and what do you think of them?
“Olympus will also announce two new rugged, waterproof, and shockproof point-and-shoots: The 14-megapixel TG-610 ($300), which has a 5x optical zoom and 3-inch LCD, and the 14-megapixel TG-310 ($200), which includes a 3.6x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch LCD.”
Consumer Reports: CES 2011: Olympus redesigns SLR-like, unveils 6 new cameras
“We've had a lot of fun playing around with the shockproof and waterproof "tough" cameras, but we haven't found one you could dunk in water - until CES.”
“Panasonic says the TS1 is waterproof to a depth of 10 feet (similar to the Olympus Stylus 1050SW), shockproof if dropped from up to 5 feet, and dustproof.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shockproof’.
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Here's Your Proof
A list of words ending in -proof. Please add your favorite(s). Mine is foolproof.
*Proof* looks and sounds funny to me.
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
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