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Definitions for Shuck

[1] a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
[2] Usually shucks. Informal . something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.
[3] the shell of an oyster or clam.
[4] to remove the shucks from: to shuck corn.
[5] to remove or discard as or like shucks; peel off: to shuck one's clothes.
[6] Slang . to get rid of (often followed by off ): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years.
[7] shucks, Informal . (used as a mild exclamation of disgust or regret.)
[8] to deceive or lie to.
[9] the outer covering of something, such as the husk of a grain of maize, a pea pod, or an oyster shell
[10] to remove the shucks from
[11] informal , mainly US and Canadian to throw off or remove (clothes, etc)

Words related to Shuck

shed, shell, peel, remove, husk, strip, discard, pod, ditch, jettison, worthless

Words nearby Shuck

shu, shu han, shuar, shubert, shubra al khaymah, shuck, shucking, shucking and jiving, shucks, shudder, shuddering

Origin of Shuck

21955–60; origin uncertain; perhaps from exclamation shucks! (see shuck1) taken as a feigned sign of rural ignorance or a sham apology

Other words from Shuck

shuck·er , noun

Word origin for Shuck

C17: American dialect, of unknown origin

Synonyms for Shuck

discard, ditch, husk, jettison, peel, pod, remove, shed, shell, strip, worthless