from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
electric shock
n 1: the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture;
"they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
2: 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
3: 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" [syn: {electric shock}, {electrical
shock}, {shock}]