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shook

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃʊk/ / /ʃɵk/ / /ʃʉk/

adj

  1. Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.

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

    Immediately, his face flushed: "How could Katy do that to Britney? I'm SHOOK."

  2. Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared.

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

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

  1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  2. The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

verb

  1. simple past of shake.
  2. past participle of shake

    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.

    Pray, assure the empress, from me, that, notwithstanding the councils which have shook the throne of her father and mother, I shall remain here, ready to save the sacred persons of the king and queen, and of her brothers and sisters ;[…]