SHUCKING (OFF) Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

shucking (off)

verb

present participle of shuck (off)

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted bad habits are hard to shuck off

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Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said that Italy and Greece are each sending two Canadair water-dumping airplanes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Those programs are both notorious for dumping big money into their football teams, so just having an expensive roster doesn't always mean immediate success.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of dumping

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The facility has more than 850 robots unloading auto parts, stamping out steel components, putting together car frames, and installing car doors, according to IEEE Spectrum.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
The soccer coach was unloading balls from his vehicle in the alley behind his home when Wilson, wearing a mask, confronted him with a semiautomatic handgun that had a laser pointer.

— Julie Hanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of unloading

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And discarding the lettuce doesn’t mean feeding it to your least favorite friend.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
For leafy greens like lettuce, the agency recommends rinsing the inner leaves thoroughly under clean, running water after discarding the outer layers.

— Olivia LaBorde, AJC.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of discarding

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That detail isn't mentioned, but thanks to the camera in the patrol car, there's video evidence of him ditching the device.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have been recovering their rockets since 2015, saving vast amounts of money by recycling them rather than ditching them after liftoff.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of ditching

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His instinctive reaction, tearful after losing another final, was to throw in the towel, to announce his career with Argentina was over at the age of 29, to focus on his club career, which by comparison brought him so much joy and so little anxiety.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026
In his second run for governor, after losing to Pritzker by 13 percentage points in 2022, Bailey is again focusing much of his attention on crime and criticism of the SAFE-T Act, a law Pritzker signed in 2021.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of losing

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This includes throwing away the outer two to three layers of leaves after buying whole heads of lettuce rather than bagged salad mixes and washing inner leaves thoroughly under running water, per the MDHHS.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Relocating, composting or throwing away the vines could result in the spread of the disease.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Definition of throwing away

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