SHUCK

[verb] [T] US - to remove the shell or natural covering from (something that is eaten)The farmers shuck corn by hand and haul the grain themselves.When I started training to be a chef I was shucking oysters all day long.(figurative) They seem to be able to just shuck guilt off (= get rid of it). [M](US) If you shuck your clothes, you remove them.He urged them to shuck their old-fashioned suits and start dressing stylishly. [T]