shook
1
[ shoo k ]
/ ʃʊk /
noun
a set of staves and headings sufficient for one hogshead, barrel, or the like.
a set of the parts of a box, piece of furniture, or the like, ready to be put together.
a shock of sheaves or the like.
Origin of shook
1
1760–70; short for
shook cask, variant of
shaken cask one dismounted for shipment
Words nearby shook
shoo-fly plant,
shoo-in,
shoofly,
shoofly pie,
shoogle,
shook,
shook up,
shool,
shoon,
shoot,
shoot down
Definition for shook (2 of 3)
shook
2
[ shoo k ]
/ ʃʊk /
verb
adjective
Also shook up. Slang.
strongly affected by an event, circumstance, etc.; emotionally unsettled: She was so shook she couldn't speak.
Definition for shook (3 of 3)
Origin of shake
before 900; (v.) Middle English
s(c)haken, Old English
sceacan; cognate with Low German
schacken, Old Norse
skaka; (noun) derivative of the v.
SYNONYMS FOR shake
1
oscillate,
waver.
Shake,
quiver,
tremble,
vibrate refer to an agitated movement that, in living things, is often involuntary. To
shake is to agitate more or less quickly, abruptly, and often unevenly so as to disturb the poise, stability, or equilibrium of a person or thing:
a pole shaking under his weight.
To quiver is to exhibit a slight vibratory motion such as that resulting from disturbed or irregular (surface) tension:
The surface of the pool quivered in the breeze.
To tremble (used more often of a person) is to be agitated by intermittent, involuntary movements of the muscles, much like shivering and caused by fear, cold, weakness, great emotion, etc.:
Even stout hearts tremble with dismay.
To vibrate is to exhibit a rapid, rhythmical motion:
A violin string vibrates when a bow is drawn across it.
2 shudder, shiver.
14 daunt.
OTHER WORDS FROM shake
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shake
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British Dictionary definitions for shook (1 of 3)
shook
1
/ (ʃʊk) /
noun
(in timber working) a set of parts ready for assembly, esp of a barrel
a group of sheaves piled together on end; shock
Word Origin for shook
C18: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for shook (2 of 3)
shook
2
/ (ʃʊk) /
verb
the past tense of shake
adjective
Australian and NZ informal
keen on; enthusiastic about
British Dictionary definitions for shook (3 of 3)
shake
/ (ʃeɪk) /
verb shakes, shaking, shook or shaken (ˈʃeɪkən)
noun
Derived forms of shake
shakable or shakeable, adjectiveWord Origin for shake
Old English
sceacan; related to Old Norse
skaka to shake, Old High German
untscachōn to be driven
Idioms and Phrases with shook
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