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shook up

shook up is the simple past of shake up.

Meaning of shake up

Verb

shake up (third-person singular simple present shakes up, present participle shaking up, simple past shook up, past participle shaken up)

  1. (transitive) To agitate by shaking.
    • If you shake up a can of cola and then open it, you get an explosion.
  2. (transitive) To restore to its original shape by shaking.
  3. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To upset or distress (a person).
    • Seeing the car accident really shook her up.
  4. (informal, transitive) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
    • The new boss is going to shake things up, so be aware.

Adjective

shook up (comparative more shook up, superlative most shook up)

  1. (slang) Shaken; emotionally disturbed or agitated.
    • My hands are shaky and my knees are weak / I can't seem to stand on my own two feet / Who do you thank when you have such luck? / I'm in love / I'm all shook up1957, Otis Blackwell, All Shook Up (song performed by Elvis Presley)

Forms of shook up

comparativemore shook up
superlativemost shook up

Questions about shook up

What does shook up mean?
Shook up means shaken; emotionally disturbed or agitated.
What is shook up the simple past of?
Shook up is the simple past of shake up.
What part of speech is shook up?
Shook up is an adjective.

Words near shook up in the dictionary

  1. shook the dust from one's feet
  2. shook the dust from one's sandals
  3. shook the pagoda tree
  4. shook the plum tree
  5. shook together
  6. shook up
  7. shook-up
  8. shooke
  9. shooked
  10. shooken
  11. shookest

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