electric shock

electric shock
noun
1. the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture (Freq. 1)
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they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks

• Hypernyms: ↑corporal punishment, ↑torture, ↑torturing
2. trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
• Hypernyms: ↑injury, ↑hurt, ↑harm, ↑trauma
3. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
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subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response

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electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks

• Syn: ↑electrical shock, ↑shock
• Derivationally related forms: ↑shock (for: ↑shock)
• Hypernyms:

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eˌlectric ˈshock [electric shock] (also shock) noun
a sudden painful feeling that you get when electricity passes through your body

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I got an electric shock from that light switch.

See also: ↑shock

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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