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SHOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shook" is a kind of...):
barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple of the verb shake
Context examples:
Little Em'ly shook her head. “Not to remember!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Do as you will," said Jonathan, with a sob that shook him all over, "we are in the hands of God!"
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Thornton shook him back and forth.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I shook my head, saying: Something has happened to him. What, I don’t know.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Fox smiled and shook his head.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs Smith looked at her again, looked earnestly, smiled, shook her head, and exclaimed—Now, how I do wish I understood you!
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Elinor smiled, and shook her head.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I know, sir, I know; but it shook me, sir, and there’s no use to deny it.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Edmund smiled and shook his head.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
He shook his head with a smile, and looked as if he had very little doubt and very little mercy.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
