static electricity

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun An accumulation of electric charge on an insulated body.
• noun Electric discharge resulting from the accumulation of electric charge on an insulated body.

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• noun An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction.
• noun The electric discharge from such a body.
• noun physics Electrostatics.

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• noun electricity produced by friction