shockern.²int.

Brit.

/ˈʃɒkə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɑkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shock v.³, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < shock v.³ + -er suffix¹.

A. n.²

a. Something which causes shock or surprise; an unexpected or startling event, revelation, or piece of news.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] > one who or that which excites

fermentc1420

exciter1617

incendiary1628

electrifier1791

excitor1814

animation1817

shocker1824

hair-raiser1897

heartthrobber1903

heart-stopper1906

sizzler1942

turn-on1969

G-spot1983

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > [noun] > shocking thing

overcome1821

shocker1824

gross-out1966

traumatism1973

trauma1977

1824 Bold Archy Drownded in R. Gilchrist Coll. Orig. Local Songs (2nd ed.) 6 A' gav' a skrike, (for weel, ye ken, a sight like this wad be a shocker).

1879 Funny Folks 26 Apr. 132/1 ‘But eat a rat!’ Just so—it's that Which constitutes the shocker.

1920 Derby Daily Tel. 18 Feb. (Third ed.) Crewton had the ball in the net in five seconds from the kick-off... This was a shocker, but in two minutes Heage equalised.

1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 17 June (1970) 291 Then Lyndon delivered the shocker of the evening.

1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 12 Oct. 1/3 This is the shocker for teachers in Bomo State.

2017 K. Kwan Rich People Probl. i. vi. 36 Fasten your seat belts, because boy do I have some shockers for you!

b. A novel, play, film, etc., which aims to shock; spec. (a) a novel written in a sensational or morbidly exciting style (in early use frequently in shilling shocker); (b) a horror film.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > sensational novel or thriller

sensation novel1856

penny dreadful1861

dime novel1864

curdler1872

dreadful1874

blood and thunder1876

penny awful1880

shilling dreadful1885

thrill1886

thriller1889

blood1892

terror novel1896

penny horrible1899

spine-thriller1912

roman noir1926

spine-chiller1940

scorcher1942

spine-tingler1942

spine-freezer1960

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > horror film

horror film1936

Hammer horror1958

horror1958

giallo1965

schlocker1969

shlock horror movie1971

splatterpunk1988

shlock horror film1989

1885 Funny Folks 26 Dec. 411/1 The compositor who set up that shilling shocker ‘Hauled Down’, you know, which you lent me the other day.

1886 Evening Tel. (Dundee) 13 Apr. If the publisher is really being ruined by the ‘shockers’, and the public is really sick of them, it is evident that the publisher has the remedy in his own hands.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 July 6/2 Given plenty of sensational incident and a certain coherency of plot, and you have all that is necessary to make a ‘shilling shocker’.

1890 Athenæum 7 June 734/3 ‘For so Little’ has some of the qualities one looks for in the ‘shocker’; but the greatest of these is brevity, and that it has not got.

1946 Liberty 25 May 81/1 The Postman Always Rings Twice, adapted from James Cain's best-known novel.., ought to be a really good shocker.

1946 K. Tynan Lett. (1994) ii. 119 If I see any suitable shockers or bedroom farces in the Oxford bookshops, I will send them on to you.

2007 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 June 19/6 The R-rated shocker about disappearing backpackers in Europe.

2. colloquial. Something of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; a shockingly poor performance, production, etc. Also: a person of shockingly bad character.Rare in North American usage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive thing, person, or place > [noun]

bysena1525

bysym1568

bastard1675

nasty1825

objectionable1836

man-killer1876

undesirable1883

swine1892

stinker1917

bugger1922

pig1923

snake-pit1941

pisser1957

dickhead1960

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Gloss. 108 Shocker, a person of infamous character.

1871 Our Young Folks 23 Sept. 305/1 Ben..tried To hide His dirty knickerbockers; His clothes, His nose, Ribb'd hose, Boot toes Were all decided shockers.

1954 M. Croft Spare Rod i. ix. 62 A lot of people believe that to be a good writer a man must have a well-nigh perfect character... On the contrary, many of them have been perfect shockers.

1958 Manch. Guardian 7 June 4/7 The ‘musical’ is still in the ascendant. I caught one real shocker—‘Jamaica’. But the others..were fun.

1977 Horse & Hound 10 June 8/2 Lucky Sovereign ran a shocker, presumably either unable or unwilling to give his true running on this firm ground and/or the Epsom course.

2011 Sunday Times 22 May (Sport section) 4/7 England had a shocker at Twickenham, knocked out of the main event..on day one.

3. Any device designed to deliver an electric shock, esp. as an aid to catching fish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing

tickling1616

twitchelling1689

yair-fishing1796

ice-fishing1842

foul-hooking1860

pointing1860

fish-wood1861

muddying1877

snatching1878

roll casting1897

jack fishing1899

cod jigging1921

free spooling1937

noodling1937

electrofishing1950

shocker1953

ghost fishing1963

catch-and-release1973

1857 Mass. Teacher & Jrnl. Home & School Educ. June 275 It is essentially the instrument called in America the Shocker... This instrument exhibits many of the effects of Static Electricity, but entirely fails to show other effects.

1861 Gardeners' Chron. 6 July 626/1 (headline) Galvanic slug and snail shocker.

1958 Canad. Fish Culturist xxiii. 37 The shocker has worked quite well in the streams fished so far where depths ranged from 6 inches to 3 feet.

1985 R. Silverberg Tom O'Bedlam i. iii. 32 She touched her fingertip to his arm and he felt a little sting, as though she had..tapped him with a shocker.

2008 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 72 267/2 We conducted fish sampling..using a single-pass electro-shock with a..backpack shocker.

4. colloquial. A device for absorbing jolts and vibrations on a vehicle; a shock absorber.Rare in North American usage.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > steering, suspension, or wheels > springs, etc., supporting chassis > shock-absorbers and dampers

shock-absorber1906

absorber1909

snubber1921

shimmy damper1928

shocker1949

shock1961

shox1976

1916 Boston Sunday Globe 9 Apr. 20/7 1915 Model 80 R, driven less than 8000 miles..is equipped with Flenzie shockers, bumper, Brown spring oilers, latest Kellogg tire pump [etc.].

1969 Guardian 23 Aug. 5/8 The models with worn shockers were thrown from side to side.

1977 Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 19/2 Incorrect loading on the tow-ball..results in overloaded tyres, springs and shockers if the weight is forward.

2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 27 July 6 The shockers are put through a few tests.

B. int.

colloquial. Used sarcastically to express that something (esp. an occurrence that is undesirable or upsetting to the speaker) is unsurprising or was expected.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > ironical

wonders will never cease1828

surprise1953

Mary1968

1991 C. Eble UNC-CH Campus Slang (typescript) Fall 5 X: 'I'm going out tonight.' Y: 'Shocker! You go out every night.'

2012 K. Garbera Ready for her Close-up i. 15 ‘I just like to follow the rules,’ she said. ‘I don't.’ ‘Shocker,’ she said. He laughed.

2022 @bellakaos80 18 May in twitter.com (accessed 26 May 2022) Did not get out of work on time... Shocker [‘face with rolling eyes’ emoji].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	shocker
释义	shockern.²int. Brit. /ˈʃɒkə/, U.S. /ˈʃɑkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shock v.³, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < shock v.³ + -er suffix¹. A. n.² 1. a. Something which causes shock or surprise; an unexpected or startling event, revelation, or piece of news. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] > one who or that which excites fermentc1420 exciter1617 incendiary1628 electrifier1791 excitor1814 animation1817 shocker1824 hair-raiser1897 heartthrobber1903 heart-stopper1906 sizzler1942 turn-on1969 G-spot1983 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > [noun] > shocking thing overcome1821 shocker1824 gross-out1966 traumatism1973 trauma1977 1824 Bold Archy Drownded in R. Gilchrist Coll. Orig. Local Songs (2nd ed.) 6 A' gav' a skrike, (for weel, ye ken, a sight like this wad be a shocker). 1879 Funny Folks 26 Apr. 132/1 ‘But eat a rat!’ Just so—it's that Which constitutes the shocker. 1920 Derby Daily Tel. 18 Feb. (Third ed.) Crewton had the ball in the net in five seconds from the kick-off... This was a shocker, but in two minutes Heage equalised. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 17 June (1970) 291 Then Lyndon delivered the shocker of the evening. 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 12 Oct. 1/3 This is the shocker for teachers in Bomo State. 2017 K. Kwan Rich People Probl. i. vi. 36 Fasten your seat belts, because boy do I have some shockers for you! b. A novel, play, film, etc., which aims to shock; spec. (a) a novel written in a sensational or morbidly exciting style (in early use frequently in shilling shocker); (b) a horror film. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > sensational novel or thriller sensation novel1856 penny dreadful1861 dime novel1864 curdler1872 dreadful1874 blood and thunder1876 penny awful1880 shilling dreadful1885 thrill1886 thriller1889 blood1892 terror novel1896 penny horrible1899 spine-thriller1912 roman noir1926 spine-chiller1940 scorcher1942 spine-tingler1942 spine-freezer1960 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > horror film horror film1936 Hammer horror1958 horror1958 giallo1965 schlocker1969 shlock horror movie1971 splatterpunk1988 shlock horror film1989 1885 Funny Folks 26 Dec. 411/1 The compositor who set up that shilling shocker ‘Hauled Down’, you know, which you lent me the other day. 1886 Evening Tel. (Dundee) 13 Apr. If the publisher is really being ruined by the ‘shockers’, and the public is really sick of them, it is evident that the publisher has the remedy in his own hands. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 July 6/2 Given plenty of sensational incident and a certain coherency of plot, and you have all that is necessary to make a ‘shilling shocker’. 1890 Athenæum 7 June 734/3 ‘For so Little’ has some of the qualities one looks for in the ‘shocker’; but the greatest of these is brevity, and that it has not got. 1946 Liberty 25 May 81/1 The Postman Always Rings Twice, adapted from James Cain's best-known novel.., ought to be a really good shocker. 1946 K. Tynan Lett. (1994) ii. 119 If I see any suitable shockers or bedroom farces in the Oxford bookshops, I will send them on to you. 2007 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 June 19/6 The R-rated shocker about disappearing backpackers in Europe. 2. colloquial. Something of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; a shockingly poor performance, production, etc. Also: a person of shockingly bad character.Rare in North American usage. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive thing, person, or place > [noun] bysena1525 bysym1568 bastard1675 nasty1825 objectionable1836 man-killer1876 undesirable1883 swine1892 stinker1917 bugger1922 pig1923 snake-pit1941 pisser1957 dickhead1960 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Gloss. 108 Shocker, a person of infamous character. 1871 Our Young Folks 23 Sept. 305/1 Ben..tried To hide His dirty knickerbockers; His clothes, His nose, Ribb'd hose, Boot toes Were all decided shockers. 1954 M. Croft Spare Rod i. ix. 62 A lot of people believe that to be a good writer a man must have a well-nigh perfect character... On the contrary, many of them have been perfect shockers. 1958 Manch. Guardian 7 June 4/7 The ‘musical’ is still in the ascendant. I caught one real shocker—‘Jamaica’. But the others..were fun. 1977 Horse & Hound 10 June 8/2 Lucky Sovereign ran a shocker, presumably either unable or unwilling to give his true running on this firm ground and/or the Epsom course. 2011 Sunday Times 22 May (Sport section) 4/7 England had a shocker at Twickenham, knocked out of the main event..on day one. 3. Any device designed to deliver an electric shock, esp. as an aid to catching fish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing tickling1616 twitchelling1689 yair-fishing1796 ice-fishing1842 foul-hooking1860 pointing1860 fish-wood1861 muddying1877 snatching1878 roll casting1897 jack fishing1899 cod jigging1921 free spooling1937 noodling1937 electrofishing1950 shocker1953 ghost fishing1963 catch-and-release1973 1857 Mass. Teacher & Jrnl. Home & School Educ. June 275 It is essentially the instrument called in America the Shocker... This instrument exhibits many of the effects of Static Electricity, but entirely fails to show other effects. 1861 Gardeners' Chron. 6 July 626/1 (headline) Galvanic slug and snail shocker. 1958 Canad. Fish Culturist xxiii. 37 The shocker has worked quite well in the streams fished so far where depths ranged from 6 inches to 3 feet. 1985 R. Silverberg Tom O'Bedlam i. iii. 32 She touched her fingertip to his arm and he felt a little sting, as though she had..tapped him with a shocker. 2008 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 72 267/2 We conducted fish sampling..using a single-pass electro-shock with a..backpack shocker. 4. colloquial. A device for absorbing jolts and vibrations on a vehicle; a shock absorber.Rare in North American usage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > steering, suspension, or wheels > springs, etc., supporting chassis > shock-absorbers and dampers shock-absorber1906 absorber1909 snubber1921 shimmy damper1928 shocker1949 shock1961 shox1976 1916 Boston Sunday Globe 9 Apr. 20/7 1915 Model 80 R, driven less than 8000 miles..is equipped with Flenzie shockers, bumper, Brown spring oilers, latest Kellogg tire pump [etc.]. 1969 Guardian 23 Aug. 5/8 The models with worn shockers were thrown from side to side. 1977 Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 19/2 Incorrect loading on the tow-ball..results in overloaded tyres, springs and shockers if the weight is forward. 2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 27 July 6 The shockers are put through a few tests. B. int. colloquial. Used sarcastically to express that something (esp. an occurrence that is undesirable or upsetting to the speaker) is unsurprising or was expected. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > ironical wonders will never cease1828 surprise1953 Mary1968 1991 C. Eble UNC-CH Campus Slang (typescript) Fall 5 X: 'I'm going out tonight.' Y: 'Shocker! You go out every night.' 2012 K. Garbera Ready for her Close-up i. 15 ‘I just like to follow the rules,’ she said. ‘I don't.’ ‘Shocker,’ she said. He laughed. 2022 @bellakaos80 18 May in twitter.com (accessed 26 May 2022) Did not get out of work on time... Shocker [‘face with rolling eyes’ emoji]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). shockern.² Brit. /ˈʃɒkə/, U.S. /ˈʃɑkər/ Etymology: < shock v.³ + -er suffix¹. One who piles sheaves in shocks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > one who stacks stacker1757 shocker1786 mowyer1888 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > stooking > one who cocker1392 stookera1642 shocker1827 pooker1893 1786 G. Washington Diary 15 July (1925) III. 91 For every two Cradlers to allow 4 rakes, 1 shocker, and two Carriers. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 71 Some o'er the rustling scythe go bending on; And shockers follow where their toils have gone. 1895 Voice (N.Y.) 28 Nov. 7/4 He rides a harvester, and rapidly tumbles his wheat sheaves..into convenient bunches for the one lone shocker to set up and cap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.²int.1824n.²1786
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