electric shock   (TTS Sound)

The noun electric shock has 3 senses

• electric shock -- (the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture; "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks")


• electric shock -- (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)


• electric shock, electrical shock, shock -- (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")