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[ UK /ʃˈʌk/ ]
[ US /ˈʃək/ ]
VERB
  1. remove from the shell
    shuck oysters
  2. remove the shucks from
    shuck corn
NOUN
  1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

How To Use shuck In A Sentence

  • Shucks Bizrobrain [toe kicks dust like jimmy stewart] Think Progress » Tennessee Mosque Vandalized After Local TV Station Airs Irresponsible Report On ‘Homegrown Jihad’
  • This week actor Alan Rachins, better known as the balding popinjay Douglas Brackman of "L.A. Law," shucks his pinstripes for something more daring. He Left His Briefs Behind
  • Dinner parties, cookery demos, oyster shucking championships, plus music and comedy. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is tough, a fine leader despite his youth and aw-shucks grin.
  • The clam pizza at Zuppardi's in West Haven, Connecticut, for example, is made with just shucked clams and a hint of fresh garlic on a perfectly blistered pizza crust. Robert Rosenthal: One Woman's Disgusting Clam Is Another Man's Pleasure To Eat
  • Even straight men, so often skittish and easily threatened, found his aw-shucks persona and mildly sarcastic, I'm-in-on-the-joke attitude congenial.
  • I used the word "shucks" did you notice ? an American word, to offer a hand of friendship across the sea as it were. Comment Registration: The Experiment Ends Early
  • Shucks, I done got plumb off from what I was tellin 'you jus' ravin ''bout my old furniture and things. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
  • On a good day, each employee will shuck 3,500 oysters.
  • On a recent Saturday, Kyle Needham shucked oysters from Nova Scotia, while a Salvadoran immigrant peddled $9 pupusa platters. Flea Market for Foodies
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