English to English
noun
- the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
They used cattle prods to administer electric shocks.
source: WordNet 3.0
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
source: WordNet 3.0
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
Subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response.
Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks.
source: WordNet 3.0