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Synonyms

shucks

British  
/ ʃʌks /

plural noun

  1. something of little value (esp in the phrase not worth shucks )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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I didn’t want to be the aww shucks dad, “kids are so crazy” comic, so I appreciate you noticing that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The NFL issued a $10 million fine — so, shucks, poor Dan will have to put his next super yacht on layaway — and shifted day-to-day control of the team to his wife, Tanya.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

He might as well have said, "Aw, shucks."

From Fox News • Feb. 5, 2022

I used to sort of like, roll my eyes every time Taylor Swift was all, ‘Aw shucks, really, me?’

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021

She filled it about half full of corn shucks and quilts, and then put Daisy and me down in it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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