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An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The newer taser delivered a more powerful electric shock to the target than the older one did.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
- electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electrical shock, shock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torture, torturing, corporal punishment
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injury, hurt, harm, trauma
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
صَدْمَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة
(ṣadma kahrabāʔiyya)
— physical reaction
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Bulgarian:
то́ков у́дар
(tókov údar)
— physical reaction
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Chinese Mandarin:
電擊 /电击
(diànjī)
— physical reaction
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Chinese Mandarin:
電震 /电震
(diànzhèn)
— physical reaction
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Danish:
elektrisk stød
— physical reaction
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Estonian:
elektrilöök
— physical reaction
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Estonian:
elektrišokk
— physical reaction
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Finnish:
sähköshokki
— physical reaction
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Finnish:
sähköisku
— physical reaction
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French:
choc électrique
— physical reaction
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French:
électrisation
— physical reaction
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Georgian:
დენის დარტყმა
(denis darṭq̇ma)
— physical reaction
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German:
Stromschlag
— physical reaction
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German:
elektrischer Schlag
— physical reaction
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German:
Elektroschock
— physical reaction
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Greek:
ηλεκτροπληξία
(ilektroplixía)
— physical reaction
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Greek:
ηλεκτροσόκ
(ilektrosók)
— physical reaction
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Hindi:
विद्युताघात
(vidyutāghāt)
— physical reaction
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Hungarian:
áramütés
— physical reaction
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Japanese:
電撃
(dengeki)
— physical reaction
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Korean:
감전
(gamjeon)
— physical reaction
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Māori:
poutukitanga
— physical reaction
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Māori:
poutukitanga hiko
— physical reaction
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Māori:
pōtukitanga
— physical reaction
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Norwegian Bokmål:
elektrisk støt
— physical reaction
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
elektrisk støyt
— physical reaction
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Polish:
elektrowstrząs
— physical reaction
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Portuguese:
choque elétrico
— physical reaction
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Portuguese:
eletrochoque
— physical reaction
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Romanian:
șoc electric
— physical reaction
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Russian:
электрошо́к
(elektrošók)
— physical reaction
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Russian:
пораже́ние электри́ческим то́ком
(poražénije elektríčeskim tókom)
— physical reaction
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Spanish:
shock eléctrico
— physical reaction
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Spanish:
descarga eléctrica
— physical reaction
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Spanish:
electroshock
— physical reaction
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Spanish:
electrochoque
— physical reaction
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Swedish:
elstöt
— physical reaction
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Swedish:
elektrisk stöt
— physical reaction
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Swedish:
elchock
— physical reaction
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Swedish:
elektrochock
— physical reaction
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Tamil:
ஷாக்
(ṣāk)
— physical reaction
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Turkish:
elektrik çarpması
— physical reaction
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Turkish:
elektrik şoku
— physical reaction
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Vietnamese:
va chạm điện
— physical reaction
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Vietnamese:
điện giật
— physical reaction