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How to use shocker in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Shocker means one who or that which shocks or startles. Example: “The election results were a real shocker.”

Examples of shocker by meaning

nounOne who or that which shocks or startles.

  • The election results were a real shocker.

nounA device for giving electric shocks.

  • Olimar: 'This shocker was one of several weapons wielded by the nightmarish titan dweevil.2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo (Treasure Hoard: Shock Therapist)
  • The cost of doggie school being what it is, my daughter opted to purchase a shocker collar instead.2007, David W. Thompson, A Stranger's Journey, page 87

nounSomething done very badly.

  • My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it.

nounSynonym of stooker.

  • The mechanical shocker is attached to the ordinary binder by two tubular stays, the more important one passing from about the center of the bull wheel and supporting a chain and sprocket wheel which transmit the drive to the shocker.1923, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, “Rural engineering”, in Experiment Station Record, volume 48, page 186

More sentences with shocker

  • They ended up on the street because—shocker—their families didn't accept them.2016, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor, page 55. From the entry nonheteronormative
  • So anyway, Gibbsy and I are in the R.S.L. and I'm having a shocker.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 146. From the entry RSL
  • The banana was a plastic deadringer for the real deal, but what was hidden beneath it was the real shocker.2010, Lara Wibeto, You Personal Tool Kit for Life. From the entry deadringer
  • In Exodus we undergo the first of a multitude of shocking surprises, issuing from the great surpriser, the primal shocker.2008, Daniel Berrigan, Exodus: Let My People Go, page 27. From the entry surpriser
  • This is a Macbethian Gothic, a subtype of the shilling shocker designed to thrill the reader with gory supernatural spectacle.1998, Syndy M. Conger, Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 26. From the entry Macbethian

Meaning of shocker

  1. noun One who or that which shocks or startles.
  2. noun A device for giving electric shocks.
  3. noun Something done very badly.

Full definition of shocker

Questions about shocker in a sentence

How do you use shocker in a sentence?
Shocker is used as a noun. For example: “The election results were a real shocker.”
What is a short sentence with shocker?
“The election results were a real shocker.”
What does shocker mean?
Shocker means one who or that which shocks or startles.

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