shook

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
  2. verb move or cause to move back and forth
  3. verb move with or as if with a tremor

Etymology

Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

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