Shucking

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

"Shall we shuck walnuts?"

2.verbTo remove (any outer covering).

"I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool."

3.verbTo fool; to hoax.

4.nounAn event at which something is shucked.

"We attended a corn shucking and two oyster shuckings."

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