concuss
To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impactTo injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
» Mary found herself, rather unfortunately, concussed.
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2 senses(transitive)To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
The blow will concuss him.
injure the brain; sustain a concussion
To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
Examples
1 sentencesMary found herself, rather unfortunately, concussed.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), fromFrom Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”).
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Forms
concusses, concussing, concussed, concussedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.