electric

Speech parts

1. electric - Noun

2. electric - Adjective

3. electric - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Electrical

A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter. Woody Allen

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. Edith Sitwell

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair. Sylvester Stallone

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. Lenny Bruce

Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times. Napoleon Hill

At electric speed, all forms are pushed to the limits of their potential. Marshall McLuhan

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