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Webster 1913 Edition
Shuck
Shuck
(shŭk)
, Noun.
A shock of grain.
[Prev. Eng.]
Shuck
,Noun.
[Perhaps akin to G.
shote
a husk, pod, shell.] 1.
A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
2.
The shell of an oyster or clam.
[U. S.]
Shuck
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shucked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shucking
.] 1.
To deprive of the shucks or husks;
as, to
shuck
walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.Definition 2024
shuck
shuck
English
Noun
shuck (plural shucks)
- The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.46:
- There was no linen, no pillow, and when she touched the mattress it gave forth the faint dry whisper of shucks.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.46:
- (slang, African American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
- (slang) A phony.
Verb
shuck (third-person singular simple present shucks, present participle shucking, simple past and past participle shucked)
- (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- Shall we shuck walnuts?
- (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
Derived terms
Translations
to extract shellfish from shells
to remove
to fool; to hoax