1. Extremely upset, disturbed, or surprised by a shocking experience
   "He was visibly shook up after the accident"; "When she heard the news, she was totally shook";
   - shook up [informal]

1. A disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
   "The cooper prepared the shook for transport to the winery"

1. Move or cause to move back and forth
   "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking";
   - agitate
    
2. Move with or as if with a tremor
   "his hands shook";
   - didder [archaic]
    
3. Vibrate rapidly and intensively
   "The old engine was shaking";
   - judder [Brit]
    
4. Move back and forth or sideways
   "the ship was shaking";
   - rock, sway
    
5. Undermine or cause to waver
   "The bad news shook her hopes"
    
6. Shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
   "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "shake one's head"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"
    
7. Excite the feelings or emotions of; disturb the peace of
   "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"; "These stories shook up the community";
   - shake up, excite, stir
    
8. Evade or escape from a pursuer
   "I couldn't shake the car that was following me";
   - shake off, throw off
    
9. Bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
   "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
    
10. Rid oneself of something unwanted by forceful or determined action
    "I can't shake off the feeling something's wrong";
    - shake off, throw off, cast off, shed

Derived forms: shooks

Type of: alter, arouse, barrel, break loose, cask, change, elicit, enkindle [literary], escape, evoke, gesticulate, gesture, get away, kindle, modify, motion, move, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move reflexively, provoke, raise, vibrate, weaken

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