electrical shock

Noun

Meaning

a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shock electrocution shock therapy electric discharge electric shock

Hypernyms

reflex reflex response inborn reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex physiological reaction

Examples

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape. A. S. Byatt

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message. Scott Adams

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. Friedrich Schlegel

subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response Source: Internet

electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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