Definition of Shook

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Definition of Shook

Shook

of Shake

imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.

A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.

A set of boards for a sugar box.

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

To pack, as staves, in a shook.

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Shook Quotations

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
Ted Turner

I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.
Spike Milligan

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.
Dean Martin

I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians.
Patton Oswalt

Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.
Francis Ford Coppola

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.
Timothy Radcliffe

The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.
Matthew Perry

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Sarah Vowell

Another night I dreamed I heard heavenly music sounding in my ears, and a flock of sheep was gathering round it. When the music ceased, the sheep leaped for joy, and ran together, shaking their heads; and one shook his head almost off, and seemed to have nothing but ears.
Joanna Southcott

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.
Robert Mueller

Shook Translations

shook in Swedish is skakade

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