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- [shuhk]
- /ʃʌk/
- /ʃʌk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shuhk]
- /ʃʌk/
Definitions of shuck word
- noun shuck a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc. 1
- noun shuck Usually, shucks. Informal. something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project. 1
- noun shuck the shell of an oyster or clam. 1
- verb with object shuck to deceive or lie to. 1
- transitive verb shuck oysters, peas: remove shell 1
- transitive verb shuck sweetcorn: remove husk 1
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Origin of shuck
First appearance:
before 1665 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1665-75; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shuck
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shuck popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shuck usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shuck
noun shuck
- aril — an appendage on certain seeds, such as those of the yew and nutmeg, developed from or near the funicle of the ovule and often brightly coloured and fleshy
- carapace — A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- cutes — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutis — the vertebrate skin, including both of its layers, the dermis and the epidermis
verb shuck
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- beg the question — If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
- blow smoke — (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- bluff — A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
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