Library / English Dictionary

SHOCKER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sensational message (in a film or play or novel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shocker" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Derivation:

shock (strike with horror or terror)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shockingly bad person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("shocker" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Derivation:

shock (strike with disgust or revulsion)

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