Phrase invented by east coast rappers Mobb Deep to signify someone who acts hardcore until they actually have to deal with the reality of "the life of diamonds and guns". A coward who is shaken up by the harshness of innner city life.
"He ain't a crook, son. He just a shook one." - Mobb Deep
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Individual who acts like he is tough, but when things get hectic or tense, he gets scared and acts like the punk he really is. They have been shook up by the reality and are labeled shook ones
"Shook ones" -- Mobb Deep (Shook ones pt. II 1995).
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THE MOST GANGSTA SONG EVA CREATED! This song was crafted by none other than mobb deep. Listen to it and you will be sucked into the hip hop lifestyle. Consider yourselves warned.
Shook Ones was used in Tanner Hall's masterful segment in the Oakley Team Video Session 1242. (1242 is a newschool ski video if you did not already know)
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Shocked or surprised af. Can't believe what you're seeing.
"Girrrrl look at my highlighter"
"BITCH I'M SHOOK"
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adj. scared, afraid, hesitant.
"They scared to death, they scared to look, they shook... cause ain't no such thing as halfway crooks." Mobb Deep, Shook Ones
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Scared to death, scared to look. 'Cause ain't no such things as halfway crooks...
He ain't a crook, son, he's just a shook one.
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shook
scared
just tell me
naw im tight
damn you shook
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kinda several meanings
in different contexts, u cant really pintpoint it...
1) like kinda shocked/surprized
2) scared
3) embarassed
1) yoo i got fuckin shook when that girl called...i thought she hated me cuz of last night
2) I got so shook when i
turned around and this guy popped up behind me...i thought i was alone
3) (some noises come from outside)
Teacher: Ya just answer your phone...and shut it off
Student: Uhm...That was a passing car
Me:
SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!
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The feeling when you saw or heard something that makes you feel excited or you feel
blessed about it, usually used in unexpected situations.
Similar to snatched
"Katy's new video got me shook!"
"Rachel liked my tweet I am shook! "
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taken aback and in complete awe of something. Most commonly used when someone is wearing an amazing outfit or has 'beat' their face and look really pretty and pristine. Originates from gay/drag slang and has become mainstream like other words such as 'yas', 'slay', 'beat', 'shade' etc
Ky: omg did you see
Alyssa's instagram photo? ?
Gigi: yass her contour tho
Ky: i know right, I am shook
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Slang dictionary
or shooketh [ shook ]
Published October 22, 2018
What does shook mean?
Shook is the past tense form of shake, used as a slang term to describe feelings ranging from discombobulation and fear to rage and elation, kind of like “all shaken up.”
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Where does shook come from?
The earliest account of the word shook (as past tense of shake) goes back to Old English … it’s old.
We can find the figurative shook, or extremely upset or moved in some way, in the 1800s. It can be positive or negative, such as being shook with a religious experience or being shook by a catastrophe. In the 19th century, shook was also slang for “drunk” among some Australian, Irish, and US speakers.
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Shook (meaning shaken) became prominent in hip-hop starting in the 1990s. Some musicians, such as the New York-based group Mobb Deep, released songs that used shook as a standalone adjective for uncontrollable emotions, as in the 1995 “Shook Ones”: “Son, they shook / Cause ain’t no such thing as halfway crooks.” Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, and 2Pac all used the word in their lyrics since.
Shook went viral when comedian Christine Sydelko posted a video of herself in 2017 saying “I am shooketh” after she felt embarrassed that she was too familiar at a Boston Market restaurant. Why she chose the exact word shooketh is unclear, but since the character she portrays in her YouTube series typically wears a windbreaker, sweatband, and “Don’t Mess With Texas” T-shirt, it would seem that the extra “-eth” is perhaps a stereotype of something someone from the Bible Belt might cite … from the Bible. Shooketh went on as a meme expression for intense emotions like shock or amazement.
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Shook remains a staple of memes and tweets everywhere, with both the humorous shooketh and hip-hop’s use of it helping to push the term into more mainstream slang. To get an idea of it, just listen to the 2018 Bruno Mars hit single “Finesse” and hear what happens to girls when Cardi B comes up with her “Big Bronx boogie”: “Got all them girls shook.”
Examples of shook
Y’all ever just get shook at your own beauty ? Because same
@MandisaDindi, June, 2018
Christy Carlson Romano Was Shook By A Newspaper Using "Kim Possible" To Describe The Trump–Kim Summit. "
Stephanie McNeal, BuzzFeed (headline), June, 2018
When Drake dropped his highly anticipated Scorpion album on June 29, it's safe to say that everyone was shook by a handful of lyrics in "Finesse," which seemed to hint at a romance with the model.
Lara Walsh, Elite Daily, June, 2018
Who uses shook?
Shook often comes up when describing extreme emotions set off by a sexy person or violent situation.
On the internet, the slang shook is used for more hyperbolic or ironic states of fluster, such as the charm of a cute boy or cute dog.
I AM BEYOND SHOOK LOOK AT THIS FINE ASS MAN pic.twitter.com/00lPP1uKh4
— rebecca ♡ (@snapbackjb) July 6, 2018
I got a scholarship for USC omfg. I. AM. SHOOK.
— Jenn (@_jennrod91) July 2, 2018
I just saw a woman on Llandudno sea front get mobbed by seagulls. They got her from behind – a swarm – and took her ice cream. It was horrific I am so SHOOK. I knew they were bad but JESUS.
— Jenny (@QueenOfTheSonic) July 5, 2018
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