the physiological reaction, characterized by pain and muscular spasm, to the passage of an electric current through the body. It can affect the respiratory system and heart rhythm
Sometimes shortened to: shock
Examples of 'electrical shock' in a sentence
electrical shock
It was like an electrical shock going through the entire squad.
The Sun (2006)
Defibrillators, devices that deliver an electrical shock to try to restore the normal rhythm of the heart, cost about 1,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She had been locked in a cage and subjected to electrical shocks.
Chicago Sun-Times (2010)
In its chapter on safety, it offers tips for avoiding all manner of kitchen calamities such as falls, cuts, scalds, electrical shocks and poisonings.