# shook

Pronunciation: US say "SHUUK" /ʃʊk/; AUS

## Verb

1. Past tense of shake. — simple past of shake.
   - Simple: Past tense of shake. Use it for the past.
   - _He shook hands with every guest at the door._
   - _The dog shook water all over the kitchen floor._
2. Past participle of shake. Informal and nonstandard; the standard form is shaken. *(colloquial)* — past participle of shake
   - Simple: Past participle of shake. This is a casual form. Careful writing uses shaken.
   - _He had shook the dust from his boots before coming inside._
   - _We've shook on the deal, so it's settled._
7. To pack staves or similar parts into a shook, the bundled set of pieces for making a cask or box.
   - Simple: To pack wooden parts for a barrel or box together into one bundle.
   - _It was cheaper to shook the staves than to ship finished casks._
   - _Dock crews must shook the parts tightly to keep them from shifting at sea._

## Adjective

3. Rattled or shocked; left feeling unsettled after something sudden or surprising. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Surprised and rattled after a sudden shock.
   - _The whole crowd was shook when the singer collapsed mid-song._
   - _He came out of the meeting visibly shook by the news._
4. Emotionally upset, disturbed, or frightened. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Feeling scared or very upset inside.
   - _She was too shook to talk about the accident for days._
   - _The threatening message left him genuinely shook._

## Noun

5. A set of prepared wooden pieces, packed flat, for assembling a cask or box.
   - Simple: A flat bundle of wooden parts used to build a barrel or box.
   - _The cooper unpacked the shook and began fitting the staves together._
   - _Merchants shipped their barrels as shooks to save room in the hold._
6. The parts of a piece of furniture, such as a bedstead, packed together for transport.
   - Simple: A set of furniture parts packed flat, ready to put together.
   - _The carpenter delivered the bedstead as a shook to fit it through the narrow stairs._
   - _Two shooks of furniture parts were stacked by the door._

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