Shook

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  • noun. A set of parts for assembling a barrel or packing box.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
  • Word Usage
    "The sound of my name shook my concentration, and I blinked once."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barrel  cask  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brook  Brooke  Chinook  Cook  Cooke  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unknown
    set  
    variant
    shake  
    verb-stem
    shake