shook

CEFRA2

/ʃʊk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Moved quickly from side to side or up and down.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

Examples

  • For some reason or another she shook her head.

  • He grasped my hand and shook it warmly.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ʃuːk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. past participle of shake

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.

More examples

In context

  • They shook hands when they met at the airport.

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

  • He wrote this long ass thing about how we're the next up and coming thing! I'm shook, I'm like 'What the hell?" and all the emails started coming in—Interscope, Capitol, Universal, it was this whole spiral.

Synonyms

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The earthquake was so strong that it blank the entire building violently.

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Nearby

Origin

verb

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).