electric shock
    n 1: the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture;
         "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
    2: trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the
       body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck
       by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart
       rhythm and unconsciousness
    3: a reflex response to the passage of electric current through
       the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they
       made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to
       occasional shocks" [syn: electric shock, electrical
       shock, shock]