Shook Definition
sho͝ok
noun
A set of the pieces used in assembling a single box, cask, etc.
Webster's New World
A shock of grain sheaves.
Webster's New World
The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
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verb
Webster's New World
To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
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Simple past tense of shake.
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Other Word Forms of Shook
Noun
Singular:
shook
Plural:
shooksIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shook
Origin of Shook
Probably from shook cask variant of shaken cask cask broken down for shipment from shaken dismantled and packed for transport past participle of shake to scatter, shed
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves").
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