shook

Formsshooks, shooking, shooked

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1. 1
   verb

   Past tense of shake. Use it for the past.

   She shook the bottle before pouring the juice.

   The earthquake shook the whole building.

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2. 2
   verbcolloquial

   Past participle of shake. This is a casual form. Careful writing uses shaken.

   I've shook off that cold at last.

   They had shook hands before the meeting started.

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3. 3
   adjectiveslang

   Surprised and rattled after a sudden shock.

   Like jumping at a sudden loud bang and not being able to calm down right away.

   She was completely shook after the car nearly hit her.

   Everyone looked shook when the lights suddenly went out.

   Similarshocked, stunned, spooked

   Oppositeunfazed, calm

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4. 4
   adjectiveslang

   Feeling scared or very upset inside.

   Like the scared, shaky feeling that stays with you after a bad dream.

   He's still shook from the nightmare he had last night.

   The kids were shook after watching the scary movie.

   Similarupset, spooked, scared

   Oppositecalm, composed

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A flat bundle of wooden parts used to build a barrel or box.

   Like a kit of flat wooden parts you put together to make a barrel.

   He bought a shook to build a small wooden box.

   The crates of flat shooks filled the whole warehouse.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A set of furniture parts packed flat, ready to put together.

   Like a flat box of bed parts you assemble yourself at home.

   The new bed arrived as a shook ready to put together.

   They unpacked the shook and built the frame in an hour.

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7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To pack wooden parts for a barrel or box together into one bundle.

   Workers learn to shook the staves into bundles before loading.

   Shook the bed parts together so they ship as one bundle.

   Similarbundle, pack

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