shuck 1
— shucker , n.
/shuk/ , n.
1. a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
2. Usually, shucks . Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.
3. the shell of an oyster or clam.
v.t.
4. to remove the shucks from: to shuck corn.
5. to remove or discard as or like shucks; peel off: to shuck one's clothes.
6. Slang. to get rid of (often fol. by off ): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years.
interj.
7. shucks , Informal. (used as a mild exclamation of disgust or regret.)
[ 1665-75; orig. uncert. ]
shuck 2
/shuk/ , v.t. Slang.
to deceive or lie to.
[ 1955-60; orig. uncert.; perh. from exclamation shucks! (see SHUCK 1 ) taken as a feigned sign of rural ignorance or a sham apology ]