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Synonyms for shocker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : shok-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɒk ər

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Définition of shocker

Origin :
  • "something that shocks or excites," 1824, agent noun from shock (v.).
  • As in skeleton in the closet : noun closely kept secret
  • As in eye opener : noun revelation
  • As in cliffhanger : noun something suspenseful
Example sentences :
  • Now I realized that my life also was nothing but "a Shocker."
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
  • If Nat's story is true, this Shocker went back and robbed Dave.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter at Star Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Bank Restriction Note (Hone is said to have realised over 700 by the sale of this shocker), 28.
  • Extract from : « George Cruikshank » by W. H. Chesson
  • It is quite a neat example of the shocker—an agreeable form of entertainment for the simple and the jaded.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917 » by Various
  • I ran toward Rafe, struggling with him for the shocker he had drawn from its hiding-place inside his shirt.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Savers » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • Tables 12-16 list all fish obtained at the upper Neosho station by means of the shocker, seines, and rotenone.
  • Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
  • Gar commonly lie quietly near the surface, both by day and by night, and are therefore readily collected by means of the shocker.
  • Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
  • The shocker was used in daylight at all six stations in the three years, 1957-'59.
  • Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
  • Both species were collected most efficiently by means of gill nets and shocker.
  • Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
  • In my collections made by use of the shocker, buffalo were taken more frequently at night (Table 9, p. 402).
  • Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
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