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shockeroo

shockeroo noun: a shock; a sudden disconcerting surprise.

Noun

shockeroo (plural shockeroos)

  1. (slang) A shock; a sudden disconcerting surprise.
    • Seemed that way to me, a real shockeroo because I wasn't exactly used to being happy.2009, Linda Ladd, Enter Evil, page 162
    • Had a real shockeroo one day last week when we got a letter from Jimmy Aitken.2015, Mary Palmer Riordan, Goodbye Forever: Notes from the Great Adventure

Forms of shockeroo

pluralshockeroos

Origin of shockeroo

From shock + -eroo.

Questions about shockeroo

What does shockeroo mean?
Shockeroo means a shock; a sudden disconcerting surprise.
What part of speech is shockeroo?
Shockeroo is a noun.
What is the plural of shockeroo?
The plural of shockeroo is shockeroos.

Words near shockeroo in the dictionary

  1. shocked, shocked
  2. shockedness
  3. shockee
  4. shockees
  5. shocker
  6. shockeroo
  7. shockeroos
  8. shockers
  9. shockest
  10. shocketh
  11. Shockey

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