Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.
WordNet
n. the use of electric shock as a form of punishment
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 mae the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks" [syn: electrical shock, shock]
Wikipedia
Electric shock is the physiological reaction or injury caused by electric current passing through the (human) body. Typically, the expression is used to describe an injurious exposure to electricity. It occurs upon contact of a (human) body part with any source of electricity that causes a sufficient current through the skin, muscles, or hair.
Very small currents can be imperceptible. Larger current passing through the body may make it impossible for a shock victim to let go of an energized object. Still larger currents can cause fibrillation of the heart and damage to tissues. Death caused by an electric shock is called electrocution.
An electrical injury has many consequences to a body as the electrical currents can travel through the nervous system and burn out tissue in patches along the way. This can leave bizarre symptoms anywhere on the body and may lead to complex regional pain syndrome. Wiring or other metalwork which is at a hazardous voltage which can constitute a risk of electric shock is called "live", as in "live wire".
Shocks can be caused by direct or indirect contact. Contact with an exposed conductive part under fault conditions is called indirect contact. IEC requires certain degrees of ingress protection against direct contact. Indirect contact protections can be achieved by earthed equipotential bonding and automatic disconnection of supply by using Residual Current Devices for example.
"Electric Shock" is the second studio extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group f(x). The EP was released digitally on June 10, 2012, and released physically on June 13, 2012, under S.M. Entertainment. The EP's title track, " Electric Shock", as well as the EP, reached at the top spot on the weekly Gaon Charts. The EP sold a total of more than 70,000 copies in South Korea.
Electric Shock is a song taken from South Korean electropop group f(x) of their second EP released digitally on June 10, 2012, and released physically on June 13, 2012, under the label of SM Entertainment. The accompanying music video was released on June 11, 2012. The song debuted at #1 on the Gaon Chart's single and digital download chart, selling 630,510 copies in its first week, it then fell to #3 selling 285,501 copies the following week. After 3 weeks on the chart, Electric Shock had sold 1,121,472 copies.
Usage examples of "electric shock".
He jerked violently, arching over backwards, as if a heavy electric shock had passed through the steel girder.
Then, one day, since this is one engram among many, the mental hospital gets our patient and the doctors there decide that all he needs is a good solid series of electric shocks to tear his brain up, and if that doesn't work, a nice ice pick into each eyeball after and during electric shock, the ice pick sweeping a wide arc to tear the analytical mind to pieces.
She touched his cheek with a cool, quiet hand, but once again there was that electric shock.
His sudden understanding was like an electric shock, and he spoke on the public sequency without thinking.
When he bent to kiss her, it was like an electric shock, and she grasped him and held him, burrowing into him, hoping to lose herself.
He felt something, a ripple, as if a mild electric shock were passing through his system.
She looked like someone who has just gotten an electric shock while adjusting the TV rabbit ears and is wondering whether or not to try again.
When she laid her hand on his forearm, he felt a tingle like a low-grade electric shock.