Definitions for shook
ʃʊkshook

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. shooknoun

   a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. shooknoun

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

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Shook

   of Shake

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

2. Shook

   of Shake

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

3. Shook

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

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

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

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

5. Shooknoun

   a set of boards for a sugar box

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

6. Shooknoun

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

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

7. Shookverb

   to pack, as staves, in a shook

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Shook

   shook, pa.t. of shake.

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. Stephen King:

   His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path.

2. Bret Adams:

   We shook hands and it felt really awkward, it sounds strange to say that, but I haven't shaken hands for over a year with anybody, you know, and that's a normal thing for us to do.

3. Rania Masri:

   What I felt was that it was an earthquake, the apartment shook horizontally and all of a sudden it felt like an explosion and the windows and doors burst open. The glass just broke. So many homes were damaged or destroyed.

4. Michael Williams:

   There was a very large boom and everything started to shake for just a second as the shock passed over, everything sort of shook, my desk was shaking, I was shaking, my chair was shaking.

5. Carlos Caicedo:

   We went to the villa. This guy shook our hands, looks us in the eyes, he tells his fake story, and we couldn't feel anything from this guy. Like, I just can't believe it.

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