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झोक jhok (v.n. fr. jhok-nā), s.m. (in H., but) f. (in Urdū), Inclination, leaning over, deviation (from perpendicularity), deflexion; bend, incurvation; dipping (of a scale), preponderance, weight; (in Mech.) sensibility (of a balauce); breeze, current (of air), gust, blast, violent sweep (of a sudden gust), impulse (of a squall, etc.); influence of drink or intoxication, etc.); swoop (of a bird of prey); shock, impetus, a shove or push (in swinging); blow, collision; rolling, reeling, staggering:—jhok-ćiṭṭhī, s.f. An empty note or paper, a fraudulent note of hand, or cheque, or bill, etc.:—jhok saṅbhālnā(-kā, or -kī), To withstand or bear up against a gust (of wind, as a tree, etc.), to bear the shock (of), to weather (a storm); to endure (a loss):—jhok khānā, To receive a shock or blow, tobe displaced, to roll, etc.:—jhok mārnā, To give a (fraudulent) twist or turn (to the beam of a scale).
Origin: Hindi