: one that shocks
especially
: something horrifying or offensive (such as a sensational film or work of fiction)
Examples of shocker in a Sentence
The ending of the movie is a real shocker.
Their divorce was a shocker.
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The shocker is a plot of earth’s temperature, obtained from ice cores and lake sediments, tracks minima and maxima of the sunspot plot at six different times between 1600 and 2000.
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Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
As a result, a shocker that brings Suarez to the Cubs could be out of reach, but the team is surely continuing to negotiate around Diamondbacks pitchers like Kelly and Zac Gallen.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Perhaps one of the biggest shockers in Season 3 is that both Georgia and Ginny end up pregnant after all.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, conceded the election, but in a shocker, lost his seat in parliament.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
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Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
As a result, a shocker that brings Suarez to the Cubs could be out of reach, but the team is surely continuing to negotiate around Diamondbacks pitchers like Kelly and Zac Gallen.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Perhaps one of the biggest shockers in Season 3 is that both Georgia and Ginny end up pregnant after all.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, conceded the election, but in a shocker, lost his seat in parliament.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Shocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shocker. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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