🌽shuck

verb
/ʃʌk/

Meaning

To remove the outer covering, such as the husk of corn or shell of shellfish.

Example Sentences

She learned how to shuck oysters quickly.

Example Expressions

shuck off

Synonyms

peel, strip, remove, husk, shell

Antonyms

cover, enclose, wrap

Collocations

shuck corn, shuck oysters, shuck off

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