footshock

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noun

A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments

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Meanings

nounfootshock (plural footshocks)

plural footshocks

  1. biologyA mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments
verbfootshock (third-person singular simple present footshocks, present participle footshocking, simple past and past participle footshocked)

present singular third person footshocks · participle present footshocking · participle past footshocked · past footshocked

  1. To administer such a shock

Origin

From foot + shock.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hoofstock
Cite this entry
APA

footshock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footshock

MLA

“footshock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footshock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footshock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footshock.

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