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shook - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A set of parts for assembling a barrel or packing box.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A set of staves and headings sufficient for one hogshead, barrel, or the like, prepared for use and bound up in a compact form for convenience of transport.
noun Preterit of shake .
noun A double-pointed hook with the points turned in opposite directions.
To pack in shooks.
noun Same as shock , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of shake .
noun A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.
noun A set of boards for a sugar box.
noun The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
transitive verb To pack, as staves, in a shook.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
verb To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
verb Simple past of shake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[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.]
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Examples
The sound of my name shook my concentration, and I blinked once.
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The depth of pain and confusion in his expression shook her.
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Martin shook his head, but he had failed to keep back the wolfish, hungry look that leapt into his eyes at the suggestion of dinner.
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The captain shook it, and was reluctant to let go.
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And Martin shook the vision from his brain, smiled, and began to speak.
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McCain shook it, but with a “go away” look that no one could miss.
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Mr. McCain shook up his campaign last week, putting Steve Schmidt in charge.
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But Palin shook off the victim mantle by coming out swinging, by tearing into Barack Obama with glee, teeth bared like a Rudy Giuliani in heels.
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Mr. McCain shook up his campaign last week, putting Steve Schmidt in charge.
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