shuck
IPA: ʃˈʌk
noun
- The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
- (slang) A phony.
- (European folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) 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, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
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Examples of "shuck" in Sentences
- That shuck falsified me.
- Did you recognize a shuck
- The story is known as shuck.
- The ride was the most boring shuck ever.
- He did not know that this ring is a shuck.
- He found a shuck on the floor of his room.
- Corn shucks were stored on the ground floor.
- I did not know that it is a shuck of an animal.
- Black Shuck is sometimes referred to as the Doom Dog.
- Some people do not believe that it is actually a shuck.
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