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shook

verb , past tense of shake

Synonyms and Antonyms of shook

1 to make a series of small irregular or violent movements

the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road

Synonyms of shook

agitated, bucketed, convulsed, jerked, jiggled, joggled, jolted, jounced, juddered [chiefly British], quaked, quivered, shuddered, vibrated, wobbled (also wabbled)

Words Related to shook

rocked, swayed, swung

chattered, quavered, shivered, thrilled, trembled

doddered, wavered

flickered, fluctuated, fluttered, oscillated, undulated, waved

beat, palpitated, pit-a-patted, pitter-pattered, pulsated, pulsed, throbbed

2 to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot

Synonyms of shook

avoided, dodged, ducked, eluded, escaped, eschewed, evaded, finessed, got around, scaped, shirked, shuffled (out of), shunned, weaseled (out of)

Words Related to shook

averted, deflected, diverted, obviated, parried, prevented, warded (off)

banned, barred, debarred, eliminated, excepted, excluded, precluded, ruled out

bypassed, circumvented, skirted

foiled, foxed, frustrated, outfoxed, outsmarted, outwitted, overreached, thwarted

Phrases Synonymous with shook

fought shy of, kept clear of, stayed clear of, steered clear of

Near Antonyms of shook

accepted, courted, embraced, pursued, sought, welcomed

caught, contracted, incurred

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