electric shock


Meanings

  • the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture;
    • "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
  • trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
  • a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body;
    • "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"