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American Heritage Dictionary:

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(shʊk) pronunciation
n.
A set of parts for assembling a barrel or packing box.

[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 .]


shook2 (shʊk) pronunciation
v.
Past tense of shake.


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IN BRIEF: n. - Moved with jerky vibrations to and fro, up and down, or in different directions; Quivered, trembled, shivered, or vibrated.

pronunciation The throbbing grew to a great tumult, and the Mountain shook. — J.R.R. Tolkien, Source: The Lord of the Rings

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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang:

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adjective
adjective, Austral and NZ

shook on Infatuated with. (1868 —)
B. Scott Those stories you read about in books where two blokes get shook on the same sheila (1977).



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