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Synonyms for shocker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shok-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɒk ər |
Top 10 synonyms for shocker
Définition of shocker
Origin :- "something that shocks or excites," 1824, agent noun from shock (v.).
- As in skeleton in the closet : noun closely kept secret
- As in eye opener : noun revelation
- As in cliffhanger : noun something suspenseful
- Now I realized that my life also was nothing but "a Shocker."
- Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
- If Nat's story is true, this Shocker went back and robbed Dave.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter at Star Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer
- Bank Restriction Note (Hone is said to have realised over 700 by the sale of this shocker), 28.
- Extract from : « George Cruikshank » by W. H. Chesson
- It is quite a neat example of the shocker—an agreeable form of entertainment for the simple and the jaded.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917 » by Various
- I ran toward Rafe, struggling with him for the shocker he had drawn from its hiding-place inside his shirt.
- Extract from : « The Planet Savers » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Tables 12-16 list all fish obtained at the upper Neosho station by means of the shocker, seines, and rotenone.
- Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
- Gar commonly lie quietly near the surface, both by day and by night, and are therefore readily collected by means of the shocker.
- Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
- The shocker was used in daylight at all six stations in the three years, 1957-'59.
- Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
- Both species were collected most efficiently by means of gill nets and shocker.
- Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
- In my collections made by use of the shocker, buffalo were taken more frequently at night (Table 9, p. 402).
- Extract from : « Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas » by James Everett Deacon
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