I. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: origin unknown
obsolete : to shrink back : recoil
bitter pills, at which we so wince and shuck — John Bunyan
II. ˈshək noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : an outer covering : husk , shell , pod : as
a. : the husk of Indian corn
b. : the outer covering of a nut (as the walnut, peanut, chestnut)
c. : the shell of an oyster or clam
d. : the dried calyx of the peach flower usually pushed off by the expanding fruit
e. : the nymphal cuticle cast off by a subimago mayfly
2. : a cigarette or cigar rolled in corn shucks
3. : something of little value — usually used in the plural often interjectionally
not worth shucks
don't care shucks about it
can't sing for shucks
no great shucks for looks
shucks, that's not worth talking about
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. : to strip the shucks or husks from
shuck corn
shuck peas
2. : to remove (as an oyster) from the shell
3.
a. : to peel off or remove (as clothing) — often used with off
shucked off his clothes and slid between the sheets — Clements Ripley
b. : to lay aside : slough off : discard — usually used with off
some of the bad habits are being shucked off — A.W.Smith
intransitive verb
: to take off or slip out of a covering (as clothes) — usually used with out of
went to my room and shucked out of my soaked clothes — J.R.Phillips
IV. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect England : a spectral hound whose appearance is held to presage a calamity
I. ˈshək noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: a wily deception : sham
II. " intransitive verb
: to talk or act deceptively
transitive verb
: deceive : trick