SHOOK


Meaning of SHOOK in English

1. past of SHAKE.

--predic.adj. colloq.

1. (foll. by up) emotionally or physically disturbed; upset.

2 (foll. by on) Austral. & NZ keen on; enthusiastic about (not too shook on the English climate).2. n. US a set of staves and headings for a cask, ready for fitting together.

Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.