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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By dumping pro-Palestinian Macklemore from his tour, apolitical Ed Sheeran is suddenly political, argues news and culture critic Lorraine Ali.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
One great way to do that is dumping the ball off to your dynamic running back who can catch the ball out of the backfield.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumping

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An employee was also observed loading dirty dishes into a dish rack and subsequently unloading clean dishes from a dish rack without washing their hands.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Many showed up every morning, unloading pallets of potatoes, working the front desk, helping others who came for food.

— Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unloading

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During the response, drone pilots spotted the man discarding a rifle outside the residence, police said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
That method involves preserving the initial prompt and the last several thousand reasoning tokens, but discarding many of the intermediate reasoning tokens.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of discarding

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Difficulties in ditching antidepressants Kennedy has claimed that for some people, stopping antidepressants can be harder than quitting heroin.

— Andrew McLean, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Bullock also switched up her hair, ditching her usual slick waves in favor of a boho look comprised of a few tiny braids.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of ditching

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Losing experienced educators means losing years of knowledge, relationships and expertise that cannot simply be replaced with another name on a classroom roster.

— Roberto Fernandez III, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Otherwise, every losing party would have an incentive to scour deliberations for something improper.

— Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of losing

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The New York Sanitation Department is telling New Yorkers to stop throwing away their needles the wrong way.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Residents described throwing away food, shelling out for generators and sending their children away to family.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of throwing away

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