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shocker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shocker has 2 senses
- shocker(n = noun.person) - a shockingly bad person; is a kind of bad person
- shocker(n = noun.communication) - a sensational message (in a film or play or novel); is a kind of content, message, subject matter, substance
Derived form verb shock2
Derived form verb shock3
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shocker, n. colloq.
1 a shocking, horrifying, unacceptable, etc. person or thing.
2 hist. a sordid or sensational novel etc.
3 a shock absorber.
1 a shocking, horrifying, unacceptable, etc. person or thing.
2 hist. a sordid or sensational novel etc.
3 a shock absorber.
THESAURUS
shocker
Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, astonishment, bedtime story, blockbuster, blow, bomb, bombshell, catch, chiller, detective story, earthshaker, eye-opener, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, fantasy, fiction, folk story, folktale, gest, ghost story, horse opera, joker, kicker, legend, love story, mystery, mystery story, myth, mythology, mythos, nursery tale, parable, penny dreadful, peripeteia, revelation, romance, science fiction, shilling, space fiction, space opera, staggerer, startler, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, suspense story, switch, thriller, thunderbolt, thunderclap, whodunit, work of fiction
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