electric shock

noun

Nearby words

electric organ, electric peak, electric potential, electric potential gradient, electric ray, electric shock, electric strength, electric susceptibility, electric torch, electric wave, electric-arc furnace

Origin of electric shock

First recorded in 1940–45

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Examples from the Web for electric shock

This is independently demonstrated by the reaction to an electric-shock.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

British Dictionary definitions for electric shock

electric shock

noun

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 rhythmSometimes shortened to: shock

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