"Short, sharp shock" is a phrase meaning "punishment that is quick and severe."
Short, sharp shock may also refer to:
- Short Sharp Shock (band)
- Short Sharp Shock (Short Sharp Shock album)
- Shortsharpshock, the first EP released by the band Therapy
- Short Sharp Shock (Chaos UK album), 1984
- A Short, Sharp Shock, a 1990 fantasy novel written by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Short Sharp Shock (film) (Kurz und schmerzlos), a 1998 film by Fatih Akin
See also
- Short Sharp Shocked, a 1988 album by Michelle Shocked