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The Meaning of shuck

  • (n.) A shock of grain.
  • (n.) A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
  • (n.) The shell of an oyster or clam.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

Synonyms

chaff , husk , stalk , straw , stubble

Homophones

schuch , schuck

Rhymes

amok , amuck , bruck , buc , buck , canuck , chuck , chuck-a-luck , cluck , cruck , druck , duc , duck , duk , dumbstruck , fluck , fuck , gluck , guck , huck , hucke , kluck , kruck , kruk , kuc , kuck , kuk , luck , lucke , luk , megabuck , moonstruck , muck , pluck , potluck , puck , roebuck , ruck , schmuck , schuch , schuck , sculk , smuck , snuck , starstruck , struck , stuck , stucke , suck , suk , thunderstruck , truck , tuck , tuque , unstuck , wnuk , woodchuck , wruck , yuck , yuk , zuck , zuk