shock value

: a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance

: a disturbance in the equilibrium or permanence of something

: something that causes such disturbance

: to strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust

: to cause to undergo a physical or nervous shock

: to subject to the action of an electrical discharge

: a thick bushy mass (as of hair)

: bushy, shaggy

: a pile of sheaves of grain or stalks of corn set up in a field with the butt ends down

: to collect into shocks

: the monetary worth of something : market price

: a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged

: relative worth, utility, or importance

: to consider or rate highly : prize, esteem

: to estimate or assign the monetary worth of : appraise

: to rate or scale in usefulness, importance, or general worth : evaluate