Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic)Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.

    Shucks. It's too bad you can't make it to the party.

  2. (colloquial, euphemistic)A bashful expression of thanks.

    Aw, shucks, ma'am, catching those wild horses was easy.

    что тыšto ty, что выšto vy

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He shucks corn by hand.

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  2. Shucks! It was too good to be true.

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  3. Ah, shucks! My horse lost!

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
a bashful expression of thanks:

Origin

From shuck (“something valueless”).

From shuck (“something valueless”).

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedaw shucks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shrugB2shtickshuckshuddershuffle
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