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Shook

//ʃʊk// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised. slang

    "Upon hearing this I am really feeling the pressure. I am shook."

  2. 2
    Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared. slang

    "Crystal was shook when Mr. Wu discovered she was shopping online for panties and bras to pass the time in class."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  2. 2
    a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment wordnet
  3. 3
    The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
Verb
  1. 1
    To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
  2. 2
    simple past of shake. form-of, past
  3. 3
    past participle of shake form-of, informal, participle, past

    "Rich. Alack, why am I ſent for to a King, Before I haue ſhooke off the Regall thoughts / Wherewith I reign'd? I hardly yet haue learn'd / To inſinuate,flatter,bowe,and bend my Knee."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

Etymology 2

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

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