Phrase guide

shock absorber

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shox

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the old car needed a new set of shocks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shock, cushion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: damper, muffler

Narrower terms: air cushion, air spring

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُمْتَصّ صَدَمَات (mumtaṣṣ ṣadamāt) — device to absorb shocks
  • Armenian: մեղմիչ (meġmičʻ) — device to absorb shocks
  • Azerbaijani: amortizator — device to absorb shocks
  • Belarusian: амартыза́тар (amartyzátar) — device to absorb shocks
  • Bulgarian: амортиза́тор (amortizátor) — device to absorb shocks
  • Bulgarian: амортисьо́р (amortisjór) — device to absorb shocks
  • Burmese: ရှော့ဘား (hrau.bha:) — device to absorb shocks
  • Catalan: amortidor — device to absorb shocks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 減震器 /减震器 (jiǎnzhènqì) — device to absorb shocks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 避震器 (bìzhènqì) — device to absorb shocks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阻尼器 (zǔníqì) — device to absorb shocks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緩衝器 /缓冲器 (huǎnchōngqì) — device to absorb shocks
  • Czech: tlumič — device to absorb shocks
  • Danish: støddæmper — device to absorb shocks
  • Dutch: schokdemper — device to absorb shocks
  • Dutch: schokbreker — device to absorb shocks
  • Esperanto: amortizilo — device to absorb shocks
  • Esperanto: skusorbilo — device to absorb shocks
  • Estonian: amortisaator — device to absorb shocks
  • Faroese: stoytdoyvari — device to absorb shocks
  • Finnish: iskunvaimennin — device to absorb shocks
  • French: amortisseur — device to absorb shocks
  • Galician: amortecedor — device to absorb shocks
  • Georgian: ამორტიზატორი (amorṭizaṭori) — device to absorb shocks
  • German: Stoßdämpfer — device to absorb shocks
  • Greek: αμορτισέρ (amortisér) — device to absorb shocks
  • Hindi: प्रघात अवशोषक (praghāt avśoṣak) — device to absorb shocks
  • Hindi: शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर (śŏk abzŏrbar) — device to absorb shocks
  • Hungarian: tompító — device to absorb shocks
  • Hungarian: lengéscsillapító — device to absorb shocks
  • Icelandic: höggdeyfir — device to absorb shocks
  • Ido: amortisilo — device to absorb shocks
  • Indonesian: peredam kejut — device to absorb shocks
  • Italian: ammortizzatore — device to absorb shocks
  • Japanese: ショックアブソーバー (shokku abusōbā) — device to absorb shocks
  • Japanese: 緩衝器 (kanshōki) — device to absorb shocks
  • Kazakh: амортизатор (amortizator) — device to absorb shocks
  • Korean: 완충기 (wanchunggi) — device to absorb shocks
  • Korean: 쇼크 업소버 (syokeu eopsobeo) — device to absorb shocks
  • Kyrgyz: амортизатор (amortizator) — device to absorb shocks
  • Latvian: amortizators — device to absorb shocks
  • Lithuanian: amortizatorius — device to absorb shocks
  • Macedonian: амортизе́р (amortizér) — device to absorb shocks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: støtdemper — device to absorb shocks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: støytdemper — device to absorb shocks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: støytdempar — device to absorb shocks
  • Persian: کمکفنر (komak-fanar) — device to absorb shocks
  • Polish: amortyzator — device to absorb shocks
  • Portuguese: amortecedor — device to absorb shocks
  • Romanian: amortizor — device to absorb shocks
  • Russian: амортиза́тор (amortizátor) — device to absorb shocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: амортѝзе̄р — device to absorb shocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: amortìzēr — device to absorb shocks
  • Slovak: tlmič — device to absorb shocks
  • Slovene: amortizer — device to absorb shocks
  • Spanish: amortiguador — device to absorb shocks
  • Swedish: stötdämpare — device to absorb shocks
  • Tagalog: salubayo — device to absorb shocks
  • Tajik: амортизатор (amortizator) — device to absorb shocks
  • Turkish: amortisör — device to absorb shocks
  • Ukrainian: амортиза́тор (amortyzátor) — device to absorb shocks
  • Uzbek: amortizator — device to absorb shocks
  • Vietnamese: giảm xóc — device to absorb shocks