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Definitions for Shucking

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

Words related to Shucking

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

Words nearby Shucking

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Origin of Shucking

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 Shucking

shuck·er , noun

Word origin for Shucking

C17: American dialect, of unknown origin

Synonyms for Shucking

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