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
- The regular price for a "shuck" bottom was fifty cents.
- Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit.
- Aw de colored peoples wear wha 'dey call shuck hat den cause dey been make outer shuck.
- As cane bottoms were not so much in fashion as now most of the ladies preferred "shuck" bottoms.
- “It feels to me more like the Today show environment, where you can kind of shuck and jive a little bit.”
- Make no mistake though that in the South the term shuck and jive is a reference to the stupidity of niggers.
- The trees were jarred daily from the time the calyx or "shuck" began to slip from the newly set fruit until the beetles had disappeared, or for at least four or five weeks.
- The sport was very fine; and after spoiling the trees, Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit, while Fleda and Hugh took their way slowly down the mountain.
- Perhaps you can enlighten us Hillary supporters (who are slapping our foreheads over Cuomo's embarrassing use of the term shuck and jive) as to why she things that coming across as a racist and using racists in her campaign will help her win the nomination and the election.
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