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shook
1[ shook ]
shook
2[ shook ]
noun
- a set of staves and headings sufficient for one hogshead, barrel, or the like.
- a set of the parts of a box, piece of furniture, or the like, ready to be put together.
- a shock of sheaves or the like.
shook
1/ ʃʊk /
noun
- (in timber working) a set of parts ready for assembly, esp of a barrel
- a group of sheaves piled together on end; shock
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Example Sentences
“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
“They basically said thanks a lot and shook our hands and took off,” Stammberger said.
After what seemed a desperate eternity, a doctor shook his head.
And during a one-week period the next month four different female suicide bombings shook various regions of Nigeria.
In 2010 Cuba provided the largest contingent of medical staff during the aftermath of the huge earthquake that shook Haiti.
We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.
During this defence, the Empress frequently shook her head; and when it was finished, she rose from her chair.
The needle of the archdruidress broke, as she shook her head viciously at the scoffer.
But Grandfather Mole only shook his head impatiently, as if to say that digging a hole wouldn't help him this time.
Tressan smote the table before him a blow that shook some of the dust out of the papers that cumbered it.
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