concuss

[kuhn-kuhs]

verb (used with object)

1. to injure by concussion.

   He was mildly concussed by the falling books.

concuss

/ kənˈkʌs /

verb

1. to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc

2. to shake violently; agitate; disturb

Word History and Origins

Origin of concuss¹

1590–1600; < Latin concussus, past participle of concutere, equivalent to con- con- + -cut-, combining form of quat-, stem of quatere to shake + -tus past participle ending

Word History and Origins

Origin of concuss¹

C16: from Latin concussus violently shaken, from concutere to disturb greatly, from quatere to shake

Example Sentences

He decided to offer his course to parents for free after hearing mother Lindsey Brown describe how she and her husband had been physically assaulted by their son, pinned to the floor, concussed and cut.

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The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”

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North was first concussed playing for Wales against New Zealand in November 2014.

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Speaking to the BBC for the first time about the assault, which left her concussed and traumatised, the actress said it had caused her to move out of the capital to live with her mother.

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And the boy was fine, he was mildly concussed.

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