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footshock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foot-shock
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments

verb

To administer such a shock

Etymology

From foot + shock.

Inflected Forms

footshocks (plural) footshocks (present, singular) footshocking (participle, present) footshocked (participle, past) footshocked (past)

Questions

What does footshock mean?
A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments
Where does footshock come from?
From foot + shock.

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