shook
/ʃʊk/noun, verb, adjective
shook is spelled S-H-O-O-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shook means “A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shook is shooks.
How many letters and syllables are in shook?
| Letters | 5: S-H-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shook?
Shook appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shook?
- US /ʃʊk/
- British /ʃɵk/
- /ʃʉk/
Shook has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-shook.wav, En-us-shook.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shook?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shook from its last stressed vowel (/ʊk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shook
- shooks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- shooking participle, present
- shooked participle, past
- more shook comparative
- most shook superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
- 2
The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
verb
- 1
To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
- 2
simple past of shake.
- 3
informalpast participle of shake
adjective
- 1
slangShaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
He wrote this long ass thing about how we're the next up and coming thing! I'm shook, I'm like 'What the hell?" and all the emails started coming in–Interscope, Capitol, Universal, it was this whole spiral.
- 2
slangEmotionally upset or disturbed; scared.
Crystal was shook when Mr. Wu discovered she was shopping online for panties and bras to pass the time in class.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shook come from?
Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).