to injure by concussion: He was mildly concussed by the falling books.
Origin: 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
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
1590s, "to shake violently," from L. concuss-, pp. stem of concutere "to dash together" (see concussion). Meaning "to give a concussion to the brain" is from 1680s. Related: Concussed "violently shaken" (1590s).