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shucking

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[shuhk-ing] / ˈʃʌk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. husking.


Etymology

Origin of shucking

shuck 1 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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My sister and I, along with our four cousins, spent many afternoons throughout the summer with our grandmother shelling bushels of peas and shucking corn.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2025

While shucking oysters, son and father discuss what it means to forgive.

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2023

At one point in time, Green says, nearby Bluffton, S.C.,, had as many as five oyster shucking houses.

From Scientific American Apr. 6, 2023

The way the takeover was done - using emergency measures to tweak Swiss law and shucking the bondholder-shareholder pecking order on losses - has unsettled investors.

From Washington Times Apr. 1, 2023

Next month after the shucking bee, the farm would host the most important gathering yet, to address the recent debates about picking up stakes.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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