shocker
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑkɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɒkə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Noun edit
shocker (plural shockers)
- (colloquial) One who or that which shocks or startles.
- The election results were a real shocker.
- A device for giving electric shocks.
- 2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo (Treasure Hoard: Shock Therapist):
- Olimar: 'This shocker was one of several weapons wielded by the nightmarish titan dweevil. It allowed the creature to smite Pikmin with zaps of lightning!'
- 2007, David W. Thompson, A Stranger's Journey, page 87:
- Recently, the family decided that some obedience training would be of great value. The cost of doggie school being what it is, my daughter opted to purchase a shocker collar instead.
- 2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo (Treasure Hoard: Shock Therapist):
- (colloquial) Something done really badly.
- My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it.
- (agriculture, rare) Synonym of stooker.
- 1923, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, “Rural engineering”, in Experiment Station Record[1], volume 48, page 186:
- The mechanical shocker is attached to the ordinary binder by two tubular stays, the more important one passing from about the center of the bull wheel and supporting a chain and sprocket wheel which transmit the drive to the shocker.
- (slang, vulgar, colloquial) A particular hand gesture with a sexual connotation.
- (slang, vulgar, colloquial) Sexual act related to the shocker hand gesture: two in the pink, one in the stink.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
(colloquial) one who or that which shocks or startles
a device for giving electric shocks
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