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- Dictionaryshuck/SHək/
noun
- 1. an outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of corn.
- 2. a person or thing regarded as worthless or contemptible: informal "William didn't dig the idea at all and said it was a shuck"
exclamation
- 1. used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation: informal "“Thank you for getting it.” “Oh, shucks, it was nothing.”"
verb
- 1. remove the shucks from corn or shellfish: "shuck and drain the oysters"
- 2. cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; fool or tease: informal "they have enough psychology to know whether you're shucking them or whether you're being honest"
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