0 present participle of shuck
1 to remove the shell or natural covering from something that is eaten:
At a banquet, servants are shucking oysters as fast as they can be consumed.
Some considered it akin to quilting or corn shucking.
They bought groceries, dry goods, shoes, tobacco, kerosene, men's overalls and shirts, mittens, canned goods, shucking pegs, ammunition, and candy.
Tilden is evidently mentally unwell as he sits, shucking corn into a bucket.
Opening or shucking oysters has become a competitive sport.
Activities include a parade, talent show, and various competitions such as an oyster shucking contest, ping pong tournament, and a survival suit race.
It features oyster shucking in front of the customer, and patrons may make their own oyster sauces from condiments on the tables.
It is usually acquired when the contents of the oyster come in contact with a cut skin lesion, as when shucking an oyster.
