Shuck
noun
The outer covering of corn or other grains.
After picking the corn, we had to remove the shucks before cooking.
Often appears as...
- corn shuck
- grain shuck
verb
To remove the outer covering of corn or other grains.
She spent the afternoon shucking oysters for dinner.
Often appears as...
- shuck corn
- shuck oysters
noun
A person or thing regarded as worthless or contemptible.
He's a shuck, can't be trusted at all.
Often appears as...
- be a shuck
- what a shuck
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To deceive or trick someone.
Don't believe his stories, he is trying to shuck you.
Often appears as...
- shuck someone
- try to shuck
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
The outer covering of corn or other grains.
After picking the corn, we had to remove the shucks before cooking.
Often appears as...
- corn shuck
- grain shuck
verb
To remove the outer covering of corn or other grains.
She spent the afternoon shucking oysters for dinner.
Often appears as...
- shuck corn
- shuck oysters
noun
A person or thing regarded as worthless or contemptible.
He's a shuck, can't be trusted at all.
Often appears as...
- be a shuck
- what a shuck
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To deceive or trick someone.
Don't believe his stories, he is trying to shuck you.
Often appears as...
- shuck someone
- try to shuck
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Agricultural Term
Mostly used in farming and cooking contexts when discussing the preparation of certain foods.
Could you help me shuck these ears of corn?
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Animals
'Shuck' specifically refers to plants, not the outer covering of animals or fruits.
Remember, you shuck corn, not shrimp.
Pro Tip 1/2Agricultural Term
Mostly used in farming and cooking contexts when discussing the preparation of certain foods.
Could you help me shuck these ears of corn?
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Animals
'Shuck' specifically refers to plants, not the outer covering of animals or fruits.
Remember, you shuck corn, not shrimp.
Pro Tip 1/2Agricultural Term
Mostly used in farming and cooking contexts when discussing the preparation of certain foods.
Could you help me shuck these ears of corn?
Pro Tip 2/2Not for Animals
'Shuck' specifically refers to plants, not the outer covering of animals or fruits.
Remember, you shuck corn, not shrimp.
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Video examples
Steve Boyes: Reviving...
are terrible for them but shuck stains your beak you can see this is my finger off the D shucking one pecan nut that says I got for a week no minor washing we'll take it off the parrots have the same problem now this parrot his way of dealing with it is he'll go and drink some water after eating two pecan nuts and then fly
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"You Have the Rite" PIPE...
I pull the cash out just as a police car pulls up behind me, give him the "Aw shucks, my bad," that earnest Black man face. He waits till I'm back in the car and then hits the siren, takes my license with his hand on the gun, comes back two minutes later, gun drawn, another patrol car now, four cops now,
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Safari Live - Day 110 PIPE...
shucks probably trying his luck he was hunting yesterday so I'm hoping he managed to get something perhaps a tiger or see amok that would have stint still being a good meal for him now there's always the hope that they all of the leopards are gonna catch something bigger this afternoon because it is very
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
you argued with him about that he was mixing up the vertebra from a chimpanzee from a gorilla on a chimpanzee a you got more angry with you so to be friends we just decided to stop arguing with it Oh shucks okay so so zoom in center frame where you were a little bit to the
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Marc Pachter: The art of...
The worst interviews that you can ever have are with people who are modest. Never ever get up on a stage with somebody who's modest, because all of these people have been assembled to listen to them, and they sit there and they say, "Aw, shucks, it was an accident."
Video examples
Gordon Tries Smoked...
So these oysters here are market oysters. So this like half shell market. - Gotcha. - The big ones like this one we got today, that is not a half shell oyster. - How do you open something like that? - I'll shuck this one. - Please.
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
a lot of damage all over the place Masana are you watching the onion is carefully walking away so hyenas come to join us up on top here and is milling about behind us at the moment shucks ah mmm never eaten y'all a meat
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Introduction to...
designed to look just like a flesh-and-blood shark this mission is the girl mine well shucks and discreetly film their behavior using this camera hidden here in his letters
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"Peaceful Afternoon" /...
running at full steam I pray the nothing shucks wrenches to the man but remember ever after
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Macaques Use Tools to...
They use rocks as tools to shuck oysters. Macaques don't normally eat them,
Video examples
Steve Boyes: Reviving...
are terrible for them but shuck stains your beak you can see this is my finger off the D shucking one pecan nut that says I got for a week no minor washing we'll take it off the parrots have the same problem now this parrot his way of dealing with it is he'll go and drink some water after eating two pecan nuts and then fly
Video examples
"You Have the Rite" PIPE...
I pull the cash out just as a police car pulls up behind me, give him the "Aw shucks, my bad," that earnest Black man face. He waits till I'm back in the car and then hits the siren, takes my license with his hand on the gun, comes back two minutes later, gun drawn, another patrol car now, four cops now,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 110 PIPE...
shucks probably trying his luck he was hunting yesterday so I'm hoping he managed to get something perhaps a tiger or see amok that would have stint still being a good meal for him now there's always the hope that they all of the leopards are gonna catch something bigger this afternoon because it is very
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
you argued with him about that he was mixing up the vertebra from a chimpanzee from a gorilla on a chimpanzee a you got more angry with you so to be friends we just decided to stop arguing with it Oh shucks okay so so zoom in center frame where you were a little bit to the
Video examples
Marc Pachter: The art of...
The worst interviews that you can ever have are with people who are modest. Never ever get up on a stage with somebody who's modest, because all of these people have been assembled to listen to them, and they sit there and they say, "Aw, shucks, it was an accident."
Video examples
Gordon Tries Smoked...
So these oysters here are market oysters. So this like half shell market. - Gotcha. - The big ones like this one we got today, that is not a half shell oyster. - How do you open something like that? - I'll shuck this one. - Please.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
a lot of damage all over the place Masana are you watching the onion is carefully walking away so hyenas come to join us up on top here and is milling about behind us at the moment shucks ah mmm never eaten y'all a meat
Video examples
Introduction to...
designed to look just like a flesh-and-blood shark this mission is the girl mine well shucks and discreetly film their behavior using this camera hidden here in his letters
Video examples
"Peaceful Afternoon" /...
running at full steam I pray the nothing shucks wrenches to the man but remember ever after
Video examples
Macaques Use Tools to...
They use rocks as tools to shuck oysters. Macaques don't normally eat them,
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Quote examples
Charles Shaughnessy
British Actor
Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster.
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Dennis Miller
American Comedian
What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign.
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Marv Levy
American Coach
If there's age discrimination - and there may be - I've always felt that the person who discriminates is hurt more than the person being discriminated against, if the second person shucks it off and moves forward.
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Molly Antopol
American Writer
All the stories in 'The UnAmericans' required interviews, travel, hours and hours in the archives. All of that stuff is so important in the beginning, but I reach a point where I have to shuck it away.
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Eddie the Eagle
English Athlete
That James Bond movie? The one where Bond skis off a cliff, shucks his skis, and parachutes to the ground? That's for me. That's what I want to be. A stuntman in a Bond movie.
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Wesley Morris
American Critic
Bloodlight and Bami' delivers. Ms. Jones shucks her own oysters - stressfully. She does her own make up and performs her own vexed yet amusing contract negotiations.
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Claire Messud
American Novelist
In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish I could shuck.
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John Mayer
American Musician
I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.
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Aubrey Peeples
American Actress
I have been told I say 'shucks' quite frequently... Shucks, I'll have to work on that.
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Charles Shaughnessy
British Actor
Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.
Quote examples
Tom Douglas
American Chef
To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster.
Quote examples
Dennis Miller
American Comedian
What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign.
Quote examples
Marv Levy
American Coach
If there's age discrimination - and there may be - I've always felt that the person who discriminates is hurt more than the person being discriminated against, if the second person shucks it off and moves forward.
Quote examples
Molly Antopol
American Writer
All the stories in 'The UnAmericans' required interviews, travel, hours and hours in the archives. All of that stuff is so important in the beginning, but I reach a point where I have to shuck it away.
Quote examples
Eddie the Eagle
English Athlete
That James Bond movie? The one where Bond skis off a cliff, shucks his skis, and parachutes to the ground? That's for me. That's what I want to be. A stuntman in a Bond movie.
Quote examples
Wesley Morris
American Critic
Bloodlight and Bami' delivers. Ms. Jones shucks her own oysters - stressfully. She does her own make up and performs her own vexed yet amusing contract negotiations.
Quote examples
Claire Messud
American Novelist
In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish I could shuck.
Quote examples
John Mayer
American Musician
I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.
Quote examples
Aubrey Peeples
American Actress
I have been told I say 'shucks' quite frequently... Shucks, I'll have to work on that.
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