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footshock

footshock noun: a mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments.

Noun

footshock (plural footshocks)

  1. A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments

Verb

footshock (third-person singular simple present footshocks, present participle footshocking, simple past and past participle footshocked)

  1. To administer such a shock

Forms of footshock

Noun
pluralfootshocks
Verb
third-person singular presentfootshocks
present participlefootshocking
past participlefootshocked
pastfootshocked

Origin of footshock

From foot + shock.

Questions about footshock

What does footshock mean?
Footshock means a mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments.
What part of speech is footshock?
Footshock can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of footshock?
The plural of footshock is footshocks.

Words near footshock in the dictionary

  1. Footscray
  2. footscrew
  3. footscrews
  4. footshake
  5. footshakes
  6. footshock
  7. footshocked
  8. footshocking
  9. footshocks
  10. footsie
  11. footsie-wootsie

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