See Also: shook(1)(dictionary)
shook(2)(dictionary)
shook(dictionary)
shook jong(medicine)
Ten Days that Shook the World(dictionary)

right-hander (iou) and shook(2) (iou)


right-hander (iou)



right-hander noun. M19.
[formed as RIGHT-HANDED + -ER1.]
A blow delivered with the right hand. M19.
A right-handed person. L19.
A right-hand turn or bend. L20.

shook(2) (iou)



shook noun. Now chiefly US. L18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from SHOOK adjective.]
A set of staves and headings for a cask, ready for fitting together. Cf. earlier SHOOK adjective 1b.