shuck
- Noun. The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- Noun. (slang, African American Vernacular English) A fraud; a scam.
- Noun. (slang) A phony.
- Verb. (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- Verb. (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- Verb. (transitive, intransitive) To fool; to hoax.
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