Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who shocks; specifically, a bad character.
- noun That which shocks; specifically, a vulgarly exciting tale or description. Compare
penny dreadful , under dreadful, n. - noun A machine for shocking corn: same as
ricker .
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- noun
Agent noun ofshock : one who shocks; a person or thing thatshocks orstartles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shockingly bad person
- noun a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the biggest shocker comes from the widely-unseen The Secret of Kells being nominated for Best Animated Feature, then the prediction system worked as it should.
2010 Oscar Nominations Announced; AVATAR and THE HURT LOCKER Lead with 9 Noms Each – Collider.com 2010
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Mize, 50, and Norman, 54, forever linked because of Mize's 140-foot chip-in shocker to beat Norman on the second playoff hole of the 1987 Masters, made early and sustained appearances on the white scoreboards — Mize with a 67 and Norman with a 70.
Campbell shows way with 65 on day for scoring at Masters 2009
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The only shocker is how brazenly overt these people have become. gl, From Pittsburgh
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England shocker is no longer a surpriseEngland had another of their humbling moments at Wembley on Tuesday, shocking the nation with their inability to even look like beating a fledgling football country with a population of just 670,000.
Roberto Mancini is showing the bottle needed to be a success Paul Wilson 2010
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The shocker is that someone actually ponyed up more $ to do another one.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Shots of the Silver Surfer on the set of FF 2 2006
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The shocker is that immediately following, on NBC†™ s msm news with Brian Williams, an entirely different picture of Rum was presented.
Think Progress » Media Fails To Report Rumsfeld’s Misleading Claims From March 2003 2006
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The shocker is not really Google Checkout predatory pricing, but the "content policy," or what you can't buy (or more specifically sell).
Boing Boing 2006
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One shocker is the argument that germs are one of the main reasons for cultural expansion.
short update 2005
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One shocker is the argument that germs are one of the main reasons for cultural expansion.
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One shocker is the argument that germs are one of the main reasons for cultural expansion.
Chris in Albania: 2005
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