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shook¹

  • /ʃʊk/ Australia, US, UK
  • /ʃɵk/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ʃʉk/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /ʃuːk/

Sounds like shuck (some accents without the foot–strut split) · Rhymes with -ʊk

Where it comes from

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

noun shooks

  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.

Similar: stook

verb shooks · shooking · shooked

  1. To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.

shook²

  • /ʃʊk/ Australia, US, UK
  • /ʃɵk/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ʃʉk/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /ʃuːk/

Sounds like shuck (some accents without the foot–strut split) · Rhymes with -ʊk

verb

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

adjective more shook · most shook

  1. slang Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised. Upon hearing this I am really feeling the pressure. I am shook.
  2. slang 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.

Similar: shooketh

Shook³

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wrapped, rock, hit, rammed, ripped, busted, shattered, rocks, tore, challenged, stunned, shocked, struck, engulfed, hugged, jolted

noun

Similar: stook

adjective

Similar: shooketh

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"shook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shook. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

shook. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shook

Chicago

"shook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shook.

BibTeX
@misc{shook_2026,
  title = {shook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}