shuck

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[ shuhk ]
/ ʃʌk /
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noun

a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
Usually shucks. Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.
the shell of an oyster or clam.

verb (used with object)

interjection

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

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Origin of shuck

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First recorded in 1665–75; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM shuck

shuck·er, noun

Words nearby shuck

shu, shu han, shuar, shubert, shubra al khaymah, shuck, shucking, shucking and jiving, shucks, shudder, shuddering
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Words related to shucker

fruitless, petty, trivial, frivolous, abortive, barren, bootless, delusive, empty, hollow, idle, insignificant, misleading, nugatory, otiose, paltry, pointless, puny, senseless, shuck

British Dictionary definitions for shucker

shuck
/ (ʃʌk) /

noun

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

verb (tr)

to remove the shucks from
informal, mainly US and Canadian to throw off or remove (clothes, etc)

Derived forms of shuck

shucker, noun

Word Origin for shuck

C17: American dialect, of unknown origin
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