Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;
- Example: "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"- Example: "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"[syn: electric shock, electrical shock, shock]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
electrical shock
n 1: 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]