There's 'nipped', 'bit', and 'grabbed'.
Nipped is just an odd tingling sensation.
Bit is a painful jolt that bounces you out of the way.
Grabbed is almost always fatal. Actually, you are far more likely to be killed by 110v single phase which is what runs to your outlets rather than 220v single or three phase which tends to bounce you.
I was 'bit' by one phase of a three phase 440v cable through a weak section on insulation.
SpyNavy
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
“I was ‘bit’ by one phase of a three phase 440v cable through a weak section on insulation.”
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I was ‘grabbed’ once by 120V during my 6 years in the USAF due to a tech mis-wiring a ‘hospital’ grade AC plug on a 1/4 horsepower blower used for blowing dust out of the equipment in portable Air Traffic Control trailers. (We had two of them at Torrejon AFB, for backup.)
I broke the rule of keeping one hand in a pocket when I leaned into the trailer with the blower, grabbing the doorway for support. It seemed to take me forever to figure out that I could keep leaning in just a bit farther, and short (actually “Weld”) the blower to the metal floor.
I’ve been a little bit “shaky” now and then, ever since.
~Easy