shuck
To remove the shuck fromTo remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
» Have you ever shucked an oyster?
Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
Shall we shuck walnuts?
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remove the shucks from
(transitive)To remove (any outer covering).
I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.
remove from the shell
(slang, transitive)To remove (an external hard drive or solid-state drive) from its casing so that it can be used inside another device.
(intransitive, slang, transitive)To fool; to hoax.
(dialectal)To shake; shiver.
(dialectal)To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
(dialectal)To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
(dialectal)To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
(dialectal)To walk at a slow trot.
Examples
11 sentencesHave you ever shucked an oyster?
Tom's mother asked him to shuck the corn.
We shucked the corn before cooking.
Tom was invited to the corn shucking.
The fish market will shuck the oysters for you.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Origin unknown. Possibly a dialectal survival of unrecorded Middle English *schulk(e), *scOrigin unknown. Possibly a dialectal survival of unrecorded Middle English *schulk(e), *schullok (“small shell”); either from Old English *sċylluc, *sċylloc, diminutive of Old English sċyll (“shell”), or alternatively created in Middle English from Middle English schulle, schelle (“shell, husk, pod”) + -ok, making it equivalent to shell + -ock (diminutive suffix) or shell + -k (diminutive suffix).
From a dialectal variant of shock.
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Forms
shucks, shucking, shucked, shuckedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle