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Shocker

//ˈʃɑkɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which shocks or startles. colloquial

    "The election results were a real shocker."

  2. 2
    a sensational message (in a film or play or novel) wordnet
  3. 3
    A device for giving electric shocks.

    "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!'"

  4. 4
    a shockingly bad person wordnet
  5. 5
    Something done very badly. colloquial

    "My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it."

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  1. 6
    Synonym of stooker. rare

    "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."

  2. 7
    An offensive hand gesture suggesting two in the pink, one in the stink. colloquial, slang, vulgar

Etymology

From shock + -er.

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