shuck

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[ shuhk ]
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noun
  1. a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.

  2. Usually shucks .Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.

  1. the shell of an oyster or clam.

verb (used with object)
  1. to remove the shucks from: to shuck corn.

  2. to remove or discard as or like shucks; peel off: to shuck one's clothes.

  1. Slang. to get rid of (often followed by off): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years.

interjection
  1. shucks, Informal. (used as a mild exclamation of disgust or regret.)

Origin of shuck

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First recorded in 1665–75; origin uncertain

Other words from shuck

  • shucker, noun

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Other definitions for shuck (2 of 2)

shuck2
[ shuhk ]

verb (used with object)Slang.
  1. to deceive or lie to.

Origin of shuck

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1955–60; origin uncertain; perhaps from exclamation shucks! (see shuck1) taken as a feigned sign of rural ignorance or a sham apology

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British Dictionary definitions for shuck

shuck

/ (ʃʌk) /


noun
  1. the outer covering of something, such as the husk of a grain of maize, a pea pod, or an oyster shell

verb(tr)
  1. to remove the shucks from

  2. informal, mainly US and Canadian to throw off or remove (clothes, etc)

Origin of shuck

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C17: American dialect, of unknown origin

Derived forms of shuck

  • shucker, noun

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