shook

shook
    n 1: a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or
         shipment
    

Shook \Shook\ (sh[oo^]k),
   imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of {Shake}.
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Shook \Shook\, n. [Cf. {Shock} a bundle of sheaves.] (Com.)
   (a) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one
       hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound
       together in compact form.
   (b) A set of boards for a sugar box.
   (c) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead,
       packed together.
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Shook \Shook\, v. t.
   To pack, as staves, in a shook.
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Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook},
   obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS.
   scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to
   depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.]
   1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move
      rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or
      shiver; to agitate.
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            As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
            shaken of a mighty wind.              --Rev. vi. 13.
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            Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
            That shake heaven's basis.            --Milton.
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   2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of;
      to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
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            When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by
            his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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            Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
            Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton.
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   3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake
      a note in music.
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   4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting
      or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally
      with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down
      from a tree.
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            Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
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            'Tis our fast intent
            To shake all cares and business from our age.
                                                  --Shak.
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            I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
                                                  --Bunyan.
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   {To shake a cask} (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack
      the staves.

   {To shake hands}, to perform the customary act of civility by
      clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting,
      farewell, good will, agreement, etc.

   {To shake out a reef} (Naut.), to untile the reef points and
      spread more canvas.

   {To shake the bells}. See under {Bell}.

   {To shake the sails} (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing
      the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Shook, MO
  Zip code(s): 63963
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "shook":
      balled-up, bothered, bowled down, chaotic, confused, discomposed,
      disconcerted, disordered, disorganized, disturbed, electrified,
      embarrassed, flustered, fluttered, fussed, in a jumble,
      in a pother, in a pucker, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet,
      in a tizzy, jarred, jolted, jumbled, mixed-up, perplexed,
      perturbed, put-out, rattled, ruffled, shaken, shocked, shuffled,
      staggered, startled, taken aback, unsettled, upset