electric
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Is electric a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (figuratively) Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.Examples: "A glance from Beatrice—for nothing is so electric as the kindness of sympathy—stopped the tide of bewailings that were gushing forth. "Poor child!" muttered the housekeeper; "but it's no good telling her.""; "And bold / Electric Pindar, quick as fear, / With race-dust on his cheeks, and clear / Slant startled eyes that seemed to hear // The chariot rounding the last goal, / to hurtle past it in his soul."; "I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul."figurativelynot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply.Examples: "We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off."informalusuallywith-definite-article
2. (informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.Examples: "Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings."; "There were electric vehicles around, but four-wheel drive electrics were pretty damned rare, and the snow was deep enough to stop anything that didn't have a minimum of four big wheels spinning at all times."countableinformalrare
3. (informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.Examples: "The beautiful VIOlight bathroom unit takes up very little space (it's about the size of a cup), yet it holds up to 4 toothbrushes - even electrics!"informal
4. (informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.Examples: "Richard's old Olivetti electric had been put aside for the time being on top of one of the filing cabinets. “It serves the purpose,” Richard said. He nodded at the word processor."informal
5. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.archaic
6. (fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.Antonyms: steam
Definition source: Wiktionary