: 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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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Hardwicke’s calling card as a director was Thirteen, her first film, released in 2003, a teens-today shocker set in L.A. that starred a fourteen-year-old Evan Rachel Wood, in her first major film role.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi (shocker alert!) has said grace over the whole sordid deal.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
And the third — which stars John Mulaney as a corrupt FBI agent, Rhea Perlman as mob boss Beatrix Hasp, and Richard Kind as her hapless husband who just wants to make his panino in peace thank you very much — ends in a game-changing shocker.
—EW.com, 13 May 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Hardwicke’s calling card as a director was Thirteen, her first film, released in 2003, a teens-today shocker set in L.A. that starred a fourteen-year-old Evan Rachel Wood, in her first major film role.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi (shocker alert!) has said grace over the whole sordid deal.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
And the third — which stars John Mulaney as a corrupt FBI agent, Rhea Perlman as mob boss Beatrix Hasp, and Richard Kind as her hapless husband who just wants to make his panino in peace thank you very much — ends in a game-changing shocker.
—EW.com, 13 May 2025
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“Shocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shocker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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