"shocker" meaning in English

See shocker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɑkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈʃɒkə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-shocker.ogg Forms: shockers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ) Etymology: From shock + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|shock|-er|id2=agent noun}} shock + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shocker (plural shockers)
  1. (colloquial) One who or that which shocks or startles. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-shocker-en-noun-FX8YGpqM Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 42 4 4 3 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 40 2 5 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 44 2 2 1 39
  2. A device for giving electric shocks. Translations (a device for giving electric shocks): електрошок (elektrošok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), шо́кер (šóker) [masculine] (Russian), soqueador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shocker-en-noun-B6s39asE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 36 3 10 2 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 38 6 9 5 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 42 4 4 3 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 40 2 5 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 44 2 2 1 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 40 4 12 4 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 46 3 6 3 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 48 3 4 2 30 Disambiguation of 'a device for giving electric shocks': 4 81 1 2 0 12
  3. (colloquial) Something done really badly. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-shocker-en-noun-TyQPZsNd
  4. (agriculture, rare) Synonym of stooker. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms: stooker [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-shocker-en-noun-0N3puHXu Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  5. (slang, vulgar, colloquial) A particular hand gesture with a sexual connotation. Tags: colloquial, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-shocker-en-noun-1Zsc-eLL
  6. (slang, vulgar, colloquial) Sexual act related to the shocker hand gesture: two in the pink, one in the stink. Tags: colloquial, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-shocker-en-noun-kE-UmG3l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 36 3 10 2 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 38 6 9 5 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 42 4 4 3 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 40 2 5 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 44 2 2 1 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shilling shocker

Inflected forms

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