slang, humorous
: shook entry 3 sense 2
… "He had just never really done laundry. And I was shooketh. I've been doing laundry since I was a baby, I feel like."Brenda Song, speaking on Jennifer Hudson Show
Every single time I heard something new, it struck a chord inside of me. The rewrites at the top of Act II, Naz's monologue, I was shooketh, like capital TH. I was shooketh, and I wept …Kara Young, quoted in The New York Times

Word History

First Known Use

circa 2017, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shooketh was circa 2017

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“Shooketh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooketh. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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