Definitions for shook
ʃʊkshook

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shooknoun

   a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. shooknoun

   A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shookthe preterite and in poetry participle passive of

   Taxallan shock by Montezuma’s pow’rs,
   Has, to resist his forces, call’d in ours. Dryden.

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1. shook

   "Shook" is a term that is commonly used in informal or slang language. It usually refers to a strong emotional response such as shock, surprise, fear, or excitement. This term is often used when someone is taken aback or profoundly moved by certain events, revelations, or experiences. The term originates from the past participle of "shake," indicating a state of being unsettled or upset.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Shook

   of Shake

2. Shook

   of Shake

3. Shook

   imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake

4. Shooknoun

   a set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form

5. Shooknoun

   a set of boards for a sugar box

6. Shooknoun

   the parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together

7. Shookverb

   to pack, as staves, in a shook

8. Etymology: [Cf. Shock a bundle of sheaves.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shook

   shook, pa.t. of shake.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHOOK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shook is ranked #2262 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shook surname appeared 16,070 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Shook.
   
   94.5% or 15,186 total occurrences were White.
   1.7% or 284 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 259 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 138 total occurrences were Black.
   0.7% or 112 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 92 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Barrel

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'shook' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1887

Anagrams for shook »

1. hooks

How to pronounce shook?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shook in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shook in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of shook in a Sentence

1. Peter Larson:

   That was the most that any landowner had ever gotten (for a dinosaur fossil in the ground), we shook hands and he (Williams) was pretty excited about seeing it set up in the museum.

2. Mueller Kavanaugh:

   He shook hands with Sen. McCain in the Oval Office about that.

3. Kristin Dossett:

   It shook like I have never felt anything shake before, it just didn't stop. It kept going and got louder and louder, and things just fell everywhere — everything off my dressers, off my bookcases, my kitchen cupboard. Just broken glass everywhere.

4. The Aussie actor:

   For two or three f --- ing years, I never met him, shook his hand, but he found out the name I stayed in hotels under, so it did n’t matter where I was, he ’d ring up do this kind of thing, like you did when you were 10, you know.

5. Amy Ray:

   . . .you said good friends are hard to come by I laughed and bought you a beer 'cause it's too corny to cry well sentiment given and sentiment lost you shook it off with a smirk and a toss and you were only joking.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shook
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shook
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shook
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shook
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shook
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html