shook
UK/ʃʊk/
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British/ʃɵk/
shook noun: a set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood. Also the simple past of shake.
Noun
shook (plural shooks)
Verb
shook (third-person singular simple present shooks, present participle shooking, simple past and past participle shooked)
- To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
Adjective
shook (comparative more shook, superlative most shook)
- Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
- Upon hearing this I am really feeling the pressure. I am shook.2015, Gary L. Heyward, Corruption Officer: From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island, page 239
- Immediately, his face flushed: "How could Katy do that to Britney? I'm SHOOK."2017 March 21, Danny Madion, “Pop music, sexuality and the gay duckling”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 5
- Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared.
- Crystal was shook when Mr. Wu discovered she was shopping online for panties and bras to pass the time in class.
Proper noun capitalized: Shook
Shook
- A surname.
Also used as
shook is also the simple past of shake.
shook is also the past participle of shake.
Examples of shook in a sentence
- He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
- The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.
- The money made a chinky sound as I shook the purse.
Synonyms of shook
Forms of shook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shooks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shooks |
| present participle | shooking |
| past participle | shooked |
| past | shooked |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more shook |
| superlative | most shook |
Origin of shook
Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).
Words formed from shook
Phrases with shook
Words that rhyme with shook
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- blook
- brooke
- logbook
- stook
- jook
- mistook
- overcook
- sook
- talk like a book
- took
- undercook
- abrook
- betook
- bring to book
- by hook and by crook
- by hook or by crook
- checkbook
- cheque book
- chequebook
- Corner Brook
- forsook
- Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook
- gook
- Hughes Brook
- Knook
- log book
- log-book
- Main Brook
- mook
- overtook
- partook
- quook
- schnook
- shnook
- South Brook
- Steady Brook
- uncrook
- undertook
Questions about shook
- What does shook mean?
- Shook means a set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
- What part of speech is shook?
- Shook can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shook?
- Shook is pronounced /ʃʊk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of shook?
- The plural of shook is shooks.
Words near shook in the dictionary
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