Shuck

Word SHUCK
Character 5
Hyphenation shuck
Pronunciations /ʃʌk/

Definitions and meanings of "Shuck"

What do we mean by shuck?

A husk, pod, or shell of a seed, nut, or fruit, such as a pecan or an ear of corn. noun

A shell of a bivalve, such as an oyster or clam. noun

The exoskeleton or pupal case of an insect larva or nymph, especially one that has been shed. noun

Something worthless. noun

To remove the husk or shell from. transitive verb

To open the shell of (a bivalve). transitive verb

To cast off. transitive verb

Used to express mild disappointment, disgust, or annoyance. interjection

To remove the husk, pod, or shell from: in the United States said especially of the husking of corn or the shelling of oysters.

To take; strip: with off.

A shock; a stook. noun

A husk or pod: used especially of the epicarp of hickory-nuts and walnuts, the prickly involucre of chestnuts, etc., also, in England, of the pods of peas, etc., and, in some parts of the United States, of the husks of maize. noun

The shell of the oyster. noun

A case or covering, as that of the larva of a caddis-fly. noun

The devil. noun

A call to pigs.

To shake.

A shock of grain. noun

The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

A fraud; a scam.

A phony.

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The word "shuck" in example sentences

Perhaps you can enlighten us Hillary supporters (who are slapping our foreheads over Cuomo's embarrassing use of the term shuck and jive) as to why she things that coming across as a racist and using racists in her campaign will help her win the nomination and the election. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Make no mistake though that in the South the term shuck and jive is a reference to the stupidity of niggers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Aw de colored peoples wear wha 'dey call shuck hat den cause dey been make outer shuck. ❋ Work Projects Administration (N/A)

“It feels to me more like the Today show environment, where you can kind of shuck and jive a little bit.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

The trees were jarred daily from the time the calyx or "shuck" began to slip from the newly set fruit until the beetles had disappeared, or for at least four or five weeks. ❋ Various (N/A)

As cane bottoms were not so much in fashion as now most of the ladies preferred "shuck" bottoms. ❋ Elisha Winfield Green (1888)

The regular price for a "shuck" bottom was fifty cents. ❋ Elisha Winfield Green (1888)

The sport was very fine; and after spoiling the trees, Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit, while Fleda and Hugh took their way slowly down the mountain. ❋ Unknown (1854)

Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit. ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

The sport was very fine; and after spoiling the trees Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit; while Fleda and Hugh took their way slowly down the mountain. ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

The sport was very fine; and after spoiling the trees, Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit, while ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

"hit-or-miss" pattern; the chairs were ancient Shaker rockers, some with homely "shuck" bottoms, and each had a tidy of snowy thread or crochet cotton fastened primly over the back. ❋ Eliza Calvert Hall (N/A)

[Illustration: Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit.] "How long it seems," she said, -- "how very long -- since I was here with Mr. Carleton; -- just nine years ago. ❋ Susan Warner (1852)

There was some plot being uncovered about the relationship between the school nurse and another girl and while I suppose an extremely obtuse observer could shuck it off as whimsy high school girl gossip it always struck me as more the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" variety than Mean Girls. ❋ SVGL (2009)

He also apparently had some unflattering things to say about the current state of higher education, which led Ferguson to "the implicit conclusion ... that the students in the audience should stop being lab rats and drop out at once, and the faculty should be ashamed of themselves for participating in a swindle -- a 'shuck,' as Mamet called it." ❋ Eric Alterman (2011)

G-d willing, Israel will shuck off American aid in favor of independence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rytlock quickly learned to swim, if only to shuck that embarrassing line. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

Across the spectrum, after all, are analysts who believe it would be better if debt-laden countries were allowed to shuck off some of their debt and begin growing again. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

But won't they then be more and more distanced from the whole system and in search of ways to shuck these "responsibilities"? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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