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Shuck v. t. (past & past part. shucked; pres. part. shucking)

To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; usually with off. (Colloq.) ""Shucking" his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water." "He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony."

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Etymology of 'Shuck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shuck" Quotes from Famous Books

... Negro. "De rails is done gone twist wid de shakes. Dey lays like er heap ob corn-shuck in de win' up yander. Dat ar train don' know hit, an' she'll go to Day ob Jedgment, an' ebery soul aboard ob her! I'se run like de nation fer ...

— A Lost Hero • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward

Words linked to "Shuck" : take, chaff, take away, remove, stalk, withdraw, plant material, bran