The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shucking.]
To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
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To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off. [Colloq.]
``Shucking'' his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water.
--F. A. Ober.He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony.
--Pall Mall Mag.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: shuck)
Usage examples of "shucked".
Sitting down I shucked my small pack from my shoulders and carefully removed my guns and put them down behind a log with my bow and quiver.
He had shucked his saddle off the dead sorrel and started for camp, but being a sly one, he was not about to leave a direct trail to our hideout, so he went downhill first and stumbled on a rocky ledge which he followed sixty or seventy yards.
I turned the cylinder and shucked out the shells while the bartender watched grimly.
Leaning my Winchester against the poles of the corral, I shucked my six-shooter and waited for something to move out there.
He told himself to wake up in four so he could wash and find something more appropriate than the glad rags he shucked any which way as he made for his bed.
He had also shucked a great many inhibitions though it actually took some time for him to determine which ones.
He had hauled off her boots and shucked her out of the coverall in seconds.
He smiled, and then broke into a chuckle as he shucked off his clothes and settled into the wide bed that he and Kasia would be sharing.
He shucked them off, snagged a large towel, and, opening the door from his corner room to the wide porch that sheltered Cove Hold from the intense sunlight, strode out.
He shucked off his clothes, thankful that he always kept a spare change at Cove Hold, and made his way down to the lagoon.
He shucked off his coverall, shivered as he handed it to the gateman, and ducked inside.
Even Lazarus had voluntarily shed his kilt and shucked down to Venus styles.
Even as he shucked off his clothes, he had been sucking in deep breaths, trying to cool the fire inside him.
Then he sat up again and shucked his lightweight crewneck off over his head, carelessly dropping it to the floor.
Cradling Knucklebones, he shucked off his heavy coat and made a bed for her on a crude stone shelf.