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electrical shock
noun
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body (Freq. 1)
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subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response

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electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks

• Syn: ↑electric shock, ↑shock
• Derivationally related forms: ↑shock (for: ↑shock)
• Hypernyms:
↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex, ↑inborn reflex, ↑unconditioned reflex, ↑physiological reaction

Useful english dictionary. 2012.