shocker.
One who or that which shocks or startles.
Meaning & usage
One who or that which shocks or startles.
The election results were a real shocker.
A device for giving electric shocks.
Something done very badly.
My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it.
Synonym of stooker.
An offensive hand gesture suggesting two in the pink, one in the stink.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English shock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English shocker From shock + -er.
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