Definition of “electric shock”

Dear Ruth I GOT a set of tarot cards but the first time I tried to use them I got an electric shock.

Once, he ran hard at Claudette's back and she jumped forward as if she'd received an electric shock.

STEVEN Portman, the 15-year-old who had an arm amputated after suffering an electric shock , is very courageous.

The cause of the tingling is usually hyperventilation and the feelings of electric shock could be an exaggeration of normal nerve impulses.

The classic ` electric shock " can destroy the chip, even one too small for you to feel.

The immediate effects of the electric shock were passing, the cold taking over where the pulse had left off.

The temperature of the water hit him like an electric shock , flashing his nerves and knotting his stomach.

Two weeks later, an ABC receptionist successfully revived a workman who had suffered an electric shock.

You don't rush up to a cardiac arrest, give someone an electric shock and later see them wake up and walk out.