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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