SHUCK ON DOWN TO THE FRAIDY HOLE

Meaning of SHUCK ON DOWN TO THE FRAIDY HOLE in English

go to the cellar for shelter from a cyclone or tornado, hide when you are afraid

When my uncle saw the sky turn black in the afternoon, he would shuck on down to the fraidy hole.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SHUCK ON DOWN TO THE FRAIDY HOLE — go to the cellar for shelter from a cyclone or tornado, hide when you are afraid When my uncle saw …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHUCK — I. intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: origin unknown obsolete : to shrink back : recoil bitter pills, at which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLE — I. ˈhōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, hole, hollow place, hold (of a ship), from Old English hol …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHUCK — (v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
SHUCK — ( v. t. ) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHUCK — shuck 1 — shucker , n. /shuk/ , n. 1. a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLE — — holeless , adj. — holey , adj. /hohl/ , n. , v. , holed, holing . n. 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHUCK — I. ˈshək noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1674 1. : shell , husk : as a. : the outer …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHUCK — noun a shock of grain. 2. shuck ·noun the shell of an oyster or clam. 3. shuck ·vt to deprive …
Webster English vocab
HOLE — vi to go or get into a hole. 2. hole ·adj whole. 3. hole ·noun to drive into a hole, …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
SHUCK — [shuck] n [origin unknown] (ca. 1674) 1: shell, husk: as a: the outer covering of a nut or of Indian …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHUCK — shuck BrE AmE ʃʌk ▷ shucked ʃʌkt ▷ shucking ˈʃʌk ɪŋ ▷ shucks ʃʌks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOLE — / həʊl; NAmE hoʊl/ noun , verb ■ noun HOLLOW SPACE 1. [ C ] a hollow space in sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUCK — shuck /ʃʌk/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] American English to remove the outer cover of a vegetable such as corn, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLE — I. hole 1 S1 W2 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hol ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLE — n. & v. n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUCK — ( shucks, shucking, shucked) 1. The shuck of something is its outer covering, for example the leaves round an ear …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLE — ( holes, holing, holed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A hole …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUCK — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES aw shucks EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He shucked off his wet coat and hat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 18-hole/9-hole golf ▪ Facilities include an 18-hole golf course. 18-hole/9-hole golf ▪ Facilities include …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHUCK — [verb] [T] US - to remove the shell or natural covering from (something that is eaten)The farmers shuck corn by …
Cambridge English vocab
SHUCK — Synonyms and related words : bark, bran, capsule, case, chaff, corn shuck, cornhusk, decorticate, hull, husk, jacket, palea, peel, pod, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHUCK — n. Function: verb to strip, break off, or remove the enclosing case or cover of FF1C; shuck corn FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHUCK — I. noun Synonyms: hull , case, husk, pod, shell, skin, ||slough II. verb to strip, break off, or remove the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLE — INDEX: 1. a hole that goes through something 2. a hole in the ground or in the surface of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHUCK! — shuck! разг. ерунда!; no great shucks не блестящий, не выдающийся shuck! разг. ерунда!; no great shucks не блестящий, не выдающийся …
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SHUCK — 1. сущ.; амер. 1) шелуха, скорлупа Syn : husk, peel 2) створка устрицы, жемчужницы и т. п. ∙ shuck! ≈ …
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ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
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SHUCK — shuck.ogg 1. ʃʌk n амер. 1. 1> скорлупка ( ореха ), створка ( устрицы ) и т. п. shuck of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOLE — hole.ogg _I 1. həʋl n 1. 1> дыра; отверстие a hole in a roof - дыра в крыше holes in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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SHUCK — 1. сущ.; амер.1) а) шелуха, лузга, скорлупа Syn:husk 1., peel I 1., pod I 1., shell 1. б) кожица, кожура …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOLE — hole сущ.1) дыра; отверстие; прорезь to bore a hole — сверлить отверстие I have a hole in my coat. — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHUCK — 1. ʃʌk n амер. 1. 1> скорлупка ( ореха ), створка ( устрицы ) и т. п. shuck of corn …
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ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
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