🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

झटका

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jhatka

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shook/ʃʊk/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसने सामग्री मिलाने के लिए बोतल को झटका दिया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of shake; to have moved or caused to move with quick, short movements.

    "She shook the bottle to mix the ingredients."
  2. 2

    To have caused someone to feel a strong emotional reaction.

    "The news shook him to his core."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'shook' is the past tense of 'shake', which originates from the Old English 'sceacan', meaning 'to move back and forth'. This term has evolved through Middle English, retaining its core meaning of movement or disturbance.

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