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shuck
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shuck has 1 sense
- shuck(n = noun.substance) chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds; Array has particulars: bran
is a kind of plant material, plant substance
Derived form verb shuck2
Verb shuck has 2 senses
- shuck(v = verb.change) Array - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- shuck(v = verb.change) Array - remove the shucks from; "shuck corn" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun shuck1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
shuck, n.
A shock of grain. [1913 Webster]
shuck, n. [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.].
- A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut. [1913 Webster]
- The shell of an oyster or clam. [1913 Webster]
shuck, v. t.
- To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc. [1913 Webster]
- To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with
off ."“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." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shuck, n. & v. US
--n.
1 a husk or pod.
2 the shell of an oyster or clam.
3 (in pl.) colloq. an expression of contempt or regret or self-deprecation in response to praise.
--v.tr. remove the shucks of; shell.
--n.
1 a husk or pod.
2 the shell of an oyster or clam.
3 (in pl.) colloq. an expression of contempt or regret or self-deprecation in response to praise.
--v.tr. remove the shucks of; shell.
Derivative
shucker n.
Etymology
17th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
shuck
bark, bran, capsule, case, chaff, corn shuck, cornhusk, decorticate, hull, husk, jacket, palea, peel, pod, rind, shell, skin, slough, strip
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