shook

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃʊk/, X-SAMPA: /SUk/

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• Rhymes: -ʊk

Etymology

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

Noun

shook (plural 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.

Synonyms

• stook

Verb

shook (third-person singular simple present shooks, present participle shooking, simple past and past participle shooked)

1. To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
2. Simple past of shake.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: loss · spot · wonderful · #943: shook · fit · distribute · ordinary

Anagrams

• hooks