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UK
/ʃˈʌk/
]
[ US /ˈʃək/ ]
[ US /ˈʃək/ ]
VERB
-
remove from the shell
shuck oysters -
remove the shucks from
shuck corn
NOUN
- 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