as in nothing
usually shucks plural
something of little importance
it doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns
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Recent Examples of shuck
Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2023
Simple and speedy, this classic Southern Fried Corn recipe is certainly worth the shuck.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
Meg Zukin, Time, 5 May 2025
Grandma usually trades in her love and care for some choice chores, including help with shucking fresh corn for creamed corn or buttery sauteed corn.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Interactive Raw Bars In addition to beautiful displays of shrimp, crab, caviar and all the accompanying sauces, many hosts will be adding an interactive element to their raw bar with a chef on-site to shuck oysters and provide a lesson in seafood.
—Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2023
Simple and speedy, this classic Southern Fried Corn recipe is certainly worth the shuck.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
Verb
McNally got his start in 1975 bussing tables in Manhattan at Serendipity and shucking oysters at One Fifth.
—Meg Zukin, Time, 5 May 2025
Grandma usually trades in her love and care for some choice chores, including help with shucking fresh corn for creamed corn or buttery sauteed corn.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuck
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
Verb
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To make peeling easier, lightly crack the eggs as soon as they are done and shock them in an ice bath for 10 minutes.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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The 14-time Grammy winner peeled back the curtain on her glittery new album, The Life of a Showgirl, during an appearance Wednesday on the New Heights podcast, which is hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Shuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuck. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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