Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shocky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: shocky
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In a state of shock; suffering from shock.

Informal

adj

Characteristic of or pertaining to a shock wave.

Informal

adj

Informal

Example Sentences

"Shock! She's going to get shocky!"
"One young girl, who looked pale and shocky, was wandering around the first floor, pausing to pick up a fallen book and trying to reshelve it."
"Might be a bit shocky. Does wonders for the shocky types a cup of tea does."
"It can get “shocky” on the Clark if you don't watch it, but is quite smooth on the Howells."
"This "shocky" peel is related to the increased stiffening and glass-like behavior of the adhesive at increasing peel rate."
"In this study, it was assumed that the explosive is of a shocky type (i.e. with very high detonation velocity) and delivers most of its energy in the form of stress wave."

Etymology

From shock + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shock

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

shockier (comparative) shockiest (superlative)

Questions

What does shocky mean?: In a state of shock; suffering from shock.
Where does shocky come from?: From shock + -y.

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