Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To injure by concussion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To shake or agitate.
- transitive verb (Law) To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
injure thebrain of, usually temporarily, byviolent impact . - verb law To force to do something, or give up something, by
intimidation ; tocoerce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb shake violently
- verb injure the brain; sustain a concussion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Now they are being portrayed as evil, soulless dudes who don't care if they concuss themselves or give concussions to others.
Howard Fineman: The Steelers Have Already Lost Howard Fineman 2011
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Now they are being portrayed as evil, soulless dudes who don't care if they concuss themselves or give concussions to others.
Howard Fineman: The Steelers Have Already Lost Howard Fineman 2011
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Now they are being portrayed as evil, soulless dudes who don't care if they concuss themselves or give concussions to others.
Howard Fineman: The Steelers Have Already Lost Howard Fineman 2011
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Automatic weapons fire sizzles over my head; mortars concuss in the water.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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Automatic weapons fire sizzles over my head; mortars concuss in the water.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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Or would we rather have a world where no foolish grade schooler can ever concuss herself on a steep snowfield?
Archive 2009-09-01 Sara 2009
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Firearms have approximately zero range underwater, so are even less dangerous, although they may concuss the shooter.
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Or would we rather have a world where no foolish grade schooler can ever concuss herself on a steep snowfield?
further thoughts on "Notes from a Tilt-a-Whirl" : the problem of evil Sara 2009
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That they must gas, beat, concuss those damn peace-activists.
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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."
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