as in nothing
usually shucks plural
something of little importance
it doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns
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Recent Examples of shuck
Becket Adams, National Review, 23 Mar. 2025
Pecans falling prematurely — still in shucks and green, perhaps with black blotches.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024
Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Martin and Shellback take a lucrative existing sound and shuck the excesses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The ‘gee shucks’ routine was precisely that: a routine.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 23 Mar. 2025
Pecans falling prematurely — still in shucks and green, perhaps with black blotches.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024
Verb
Interspliced are shots of him hauling up oyster cages, sliding a knife into an oyster to shuck it, handing a fresh oyster to a little girl.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Martin and Shellback take a lucrative existing sound and shuck the excesses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuck
nothing
Noun
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When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Why did her mom press so hard for the littlest of nothings?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Shuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuck. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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