adjective🔥 Gen-Z slang
shook
shocked, stunned
What it means
Shocked, stunned, or deeply rattled by something, whether good or bad. If news or an event leaves you reeling, you're shook.
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Examples
- I'm shook, I did not see that plot twist coming at all.
- When she walked in with him I was straight up shook.
- That ending had me shook for a solid hour.
- We were all shook after hearing the announcement.
Where it comes from
An AAVE-rooted shortening of 'shaken,' it gained huge traction on Twitter and Vine in the mid-2010s, often paired with 'I'm shook' reaction posts.
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