Shuck definition
(informal) To cast off.
Shucked their coats and cooled off; a city trying to shuck a sooty image.
verb
Used to express mild disappointment, disgust, or annoyance.
interjection
To remove like a shuck.
To shuck one's clothes.
verb
To remove (any outer covering).
I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.
verb
(informal) Something worthless.
An issue that didn't amount to shucks.
noun
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A husk, pod, or shell of a seed, nut, or fruit, such as a pecan or an ear of corn.
noun
A shell of a bivalve, such as an oyster or clam.
noun
The exoskeleton or pupal case of an insect larva or nymph, especially one that has been shed.
noun
To remove the husk or shell from.
Shuck corn.
verb
To open the shell of (a bivalve).
Shuck oysters.
verb
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A shell, pod, or husk; esp., the husk of an ear of corn.
noun
The shell of an oyster or clam.
noun
(informal) Something valueless.
Not worth shucks.
noun
A hoax or fraud.
noun
A fraudulent person or thing; phony.
noun
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To remove shucks from (corn, clams, etc.)
verb
(slang) To fool or hoax.
verb
(slang) To fool or deceive, often in a playful way.
verb
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To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
Shall we shuck walnuts?
verb
Origin of shuck
- Origin unknown Interj., alteration of shit
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin unknown.
From Wiktionary