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It shocks. (informal).
An appliance shocks (informal)
An object shocks (someone)..
It gives electric shocks (formal).
You get shocks from it.
Don't touch the door. It shocks.
The refrigerator is giving (electric) shocks.
In Dictionaries:
"Ow! - I got a shock from that lamp!"
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Referring to a wire carrying electricity:
Live /laiv/
That cable is live, but it does not shock.
A live wire
It shocks. (informal).
An appliance shocks (informal)
An object shocks (someone)..
It gives electric shocks (formal).
You get shocks from it.
Don't touch the door. It shocks.
The refrigerator is giving (electric) shocks.
In Dictionaries:
"Ow! - I got a shock from that lamp!"
Cambridge Dictionary Online
Referring to a wire carrying electricity:
Live /laiv/
That cable is live, but it does not shock.
A live wire

