doorknob shock
Metal handle jolt
The small electric shock you get when touching a metal doorknob after walking across carpet or sliding out of a car seat.
Static electricity builds up on your body and discharges through the doorknob.
More common in dry winter air.
I hate doorknob shock—it gets me every time I come inside.
- staticWithout motion or change
- static electricityAccumulated surface charge
- zapDestroy suddenly with energy
- electric shockCurrent passing through body
- winterYear's coldest quarter
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- electric shockscarpet shock, jolt, zap, electrocution, lightning strike
- static electricitystatic cling, electric charge, static buildup, electrostatic, triboelectric