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Shook vs Shuddered - What's the difference?

shook | shuddered |

As verbs the difference between shook and shuddered

is that shook is to pack (staves, etc) in a shook while shuddered is (shudder).

As a noun shook

is a set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.

shook

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  • The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

    • Synonyms

    * stook

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
  • (shake)

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms

    shuddered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shudder)

    • shudder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shivering tremor.
  • A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

    • Synonyms

    * (shivering tremor ): jiggle, quake, rumble, quiver * (frisson ): shiver, quiver, tingle, thrill

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shake nervously, as if from fear.
  • To vibrate jerkily.

    • Synonyms

    * (shake nervously ): palpitate, shiver, shake, quake * (vibrate jerkily ): flutter, jiggle, shake, wiggle

    See also

    * judder

    References