electric shock

noun

electric shock

the physiological reaction, characterized by pain and muscular spasm, to the passage of an electric current through the body. It can affect the respiratory system and heart rhythm Sometimes shortened toshock

First recorded in 1940–45

Michael remembers the feeling of the whip against his thighs, “like an electric shock.”

Jones had Ricky Gervais administer electric shock to him during a segment.

It was like an electric shock to a group of editors operating in the bleary haze of jet lag, pasta, and fashion overabundance.

A live wire had connected with the metal bars of the house, and the electric shock was burning Lysondya's leg.

Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.

At the sound Armand recoiled, as at an electric shock, and seized my hand with such force as to give me pain.

An electric shock passed round the table; there was a gleam in every eye, even in those of the servants.

She caught hold of him and clung to him; he could feel, like an electric shock, the thrill of her excitement.

The deep, angry words thrilled through every one like an electric shock.

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