English Explanatory Dictionary

shook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  2. The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
verb
  1. To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
verb
  1. simple past of shake.
  2. past participle of shake
adj
  1. Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
  2. Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

sho͝ok /ʃʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shook.wav en-us-shook.ogg /ʃʉk/ /ʃuːk/

Word forms

shook shooks shooking shooked more shook most shook

Etymology

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

Synonyms

stook shooketh

Derived words

shookt shook up
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