noun
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a person or thing that shocks or horrifies
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a sensational novel, film, or play
Etymology
Origin of shocker
Example Sentences
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He opts for a flashy shocker of a finale, which violates the play’s comic naturalism and seems faintly desperate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
For three decades, the meta-horror franchise “Scream” has outmaneuvered its fandom with so many convoluted murder motives that the only shocker left would be a straightforward, sincere slasher.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
"What were they doing?," lamented former England centre Will Greenwood in his Sunday Telegraph column, with the 2003 World Cup-winner adding: "I love Ford but that was a shocker of a call."
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
There were suspicions in the first Test that all might not be well with Snicko and the technology had an all-time shocker on the first day of the third Test in Adelaide.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
As it drops to the ground, he says, “You’re a dead-set shocker, aren’t you?”
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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