stook

American  

[stook, stook] / stʊk, stuk /

noun

1. shock.

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verb (used with object)

1. shock.

verb (used without object)

1. to stack sheaves of grain; form a pile of straw.

stook British  

/ stuːk /

noun

1. a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together

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verb

1. (tr) to set up (sheaves) in stooks

Other Word Forms

• stooker
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of stook

1400–50; late Middle English stouk, Old English stūc heap; cognate with Middle Low German stūke, German Stauche; akin to stock

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Example Sentences

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stook

The 67 net yards passing were the fewest in an opener in the past 30 years — a mark that stook only a few hours.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

Mr Cupples walked aside with Thomas, and they seated themselves on two golden sheaves at the foot of a stook.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald

The lying corn is wet, and when you have bound it, and lift the heavy sheaf to make the stook, the tresses of oats wreathe round each other and droop mournfully.

From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Harvest had begun; half the crop of Glenmooar had been saved, a third was in stook, and then a wet day had come and stopped all work in the fields.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine

In a few seconds I moved to another stook, and was commencing to stroke the sheaves, when the same voices demanded, in a peremptory manner, to know what I was really doing.

From 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany by Gerald Featherstone Knight

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