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Meaning of shucking

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shucking

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

    Example: Shall we shuck walnuts?

  2. To remove (any outer covering).

    Example: I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.

  3. To fool; to hoax.

noun

Definitions

  1. An event at which something is shucked.

    Example: We attended a corn shucking and two oyster shuckings.