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Noun electric shock has 3 senses

electric shock - the use of electric shock as a form of punishment
--₁ is a kind of corporal punishment
electric shock - 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
--₂ is a kind of injury, hurt, harm, trauma
electric shock, electrical shock, shock - a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they mae the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
--₃ is a kind of reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction