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shuck

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L27057 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to strip of shucks
L27058 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃʌk/ / /ʃʊk/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”). * As a German andJewish surname, Americanized from Schuck.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Possibly from Middle English shucke, schucke (“demon, monster”), from Old English sċucca (“an evil spirit”).

  1. A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.

verb

Etymology: From a dialectal variant of shock.

  1. To shake; shiver.
  2. To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
  3. To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
  4. To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
  5. To walk at a slow trot.