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▪ I. shocker1|ˈʃɒkə(r)|
[f. shock v.2 + -er1.]
1. Something which shocks or excites; esp. a work of fiction of a sensational character. Also, something or someone shockingly bad. Also attrib.
1824[Carr] Craven Gloss., Shocker, a person of infamous character. 1886[see shilling 6]. 1890Athenæum 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. 1907Daily Chron. 20 Nov. 3/4 The reader must often be in doubt whether he is being treated to genuine biography or mere ‘shocker’ fiction. 1954M. 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. 1958Manch. Guardian 7 June 4/7 The ‘musical’ is still in the ascendant. I caught one real shocker—‘Jamaica’. But the others..were fun. 1960J. Stroud Shorn Lamb xxiii. 248, I remember a girl we had..an absolute shocker, never settled anywhere. 1965Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 17 June (1970) 291 Then Lyndon delivered the shocker of the evening. 1973Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 9 Apr. 1/3 The series will be the sort of shocker that should cast out smug complacency. 1976Daily Times (Lagos) 12 Oct. 1/3 This is the shocker for teachers in Bomo State. 1977Time 17 Jan. 9/1 What began as a shocker killing has grown steadily more sensational. 1977Horse & 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. 1977Time 8 Aug. 39/1 Then on Wednesday came a shocker from Bethlehem Steel, which reported an operating loss of $75·4 million for the first half. 1978Chicago June 119/2 The jury found the guy guilty on only one count. A real shocker, and entirely due to Sullivan's work.
2. A shock-absorber. colloq.
1949Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 3) 1168/1 Shocker,..a shock-absorber: motorists': since ca. 1925. 1969Guardian 23 Aug. 5/8 The models with worn shockers were thrown from side to side. 1977Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 19/2 Incorrect loading on the tow-ball..results in overloaded tyres, springs and shockers if the weight is forward.
Add:[1.] b. Any device designed to deliver an electric shock, esp. as an aid to catching fish.
1953Rounsefell & Everhart Fishery Sci. xv. 259 (heading) Electric shocker. 1958Canad. 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. 1973Black Panther 7 July 12/1 When she asked one officer the purpose of a strange device he was carrying, she was informed that it was an electric shocker. 1985R. 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. 1987Sports Illustr. 20 Apr. 10 Biggest one I saw must have been 75 pounds. Couldn't get her in the net... I had to switch the shocker off and let her go.
▪ II. shocker2|ˈʃɒkə(r)|
[f. shock v.3 + -er1.]
One who piles sheaves in shocks.
1786G. Washington Diaries 15 July (1925) III. 91 For every two Cradlers to allow 4 rakes, 1 shocker, and two Carriers. 1827Clare Sheph. Cal. 71 Some o'er the rustling scythe go bending on; And shockers follow where their toils have gone. 1895Voice (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. |