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shockers

shockers is the plural of shocker.

Meaning of shocker

Noun

shocker (plural shockers)

  1. (colloquial) One who or that which shocks or startles.
    • The election results were a real shocker.
  2. A device for giving electric shocks.
    • Olimar: 'This shocker was one of several weapons wielded by the nightmarish titan dweevil. It allowed the creature to smite Pikmin with zaps of lightning!'2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo (Treasure Hoard: Shock Therapist)
  3. (colloquial) Something done very badly.
    • My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it.
  4. (rare) Synonym 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
    Synonyms:
    stooker
  5. (colloquial, slang, vulgar) An offensive hand gesture suggesting two in the pink, one in the stink.

Phrases with shockers

Questions about shockers

What is shockers the plural of?
Shockers is the plural of shocker.

Words near shockers in the dictionary

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

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