stook

[ stoo k, stook ]
/ stʊk, stuk /
Chiefly British and Canadian.

noun

shock2(def 1).

verb (used with object)

shock2(def 2).

verb (used without object)

to stack sheaves of grain; form a pile of straw.

Origin of stook

1400–50; late Middle English stouk, Old English stūc heap; cognate with Middle Low German stūke, German Stauche; akin to stock

OTHER WORDS FROM stook

stook·er, noun

Words nearby stook

stony-faced, stony-hearted, stony-iron meteorite, stood, stooge, stook, stookey-scarff operation, stookie, stool, stool ball, stool pigeon

British Dictionary definitions for stooker

stook
/ (stuːk) /

noun

a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together

verb

(tr) to set up (sheaves) in stooks

Derived forms of stook

stooker, noun

Word Origin for stook

C15: variant of stouk, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German stūke, Old High German stūhha sleeve