shocker

noun

shock·​er ˈshä-kər 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

To the delight of equally desperate fantasy football players, Bourne has racked up 142 receiving yards in both of the Niners’ last two games, establishing himself as the offensive engine for a team that somehow pulled off a shocker in Los Angeles in Week 5. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025

Meanwhile, Justin Herbert’s late-game heroics (under pressure, shocker) put a small Band-Aid over their multi-game slide. —The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

Rather than resting on her laurels after all of the awards and acclaim, the actor went bolder, taking center stage in Lars von Trier’s arthouse shocker tracking a troubled woman hiding out from her volatile gangster father in a rural Colorado community that eventually turns against her. —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025

In another shocker elimination, Baldwin was sent home. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shocker

• blocker
• chalker
• cocker
• docker
• hawker
• hocker
• knocker
• locker
• mocker
• ocher
• rocker
• soccer