shocker

/ˈʃɑkər/
/ˈʃɒkə/
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Other forms: shockers

Definitions of shocker
  1. noun
    a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)
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    type of:
    content, message, subject matter, substance
    what a communication that is about something is about
  2. noun
    a shockingly bad person
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    type of:
    bad person, malefactor
    a person who does harm to others
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