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# shucks

«shucks» in Mova's school dictionary: **A mild word for disappointment or shyness: «Shucks, I…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

interjection (shucks, aw shucks); noun, plural of shuck (a shuck, shucks); verb (shuck, shucks, shucked)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (US, informal, old-fashioned) A mild word for disappointment or shyness: «Shucks, I missed the bus!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#m1)

2) (noun, US) The husks or shells of corn, peas or nuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#m2)

3) (verb) To remove husks or shells: shuck corn, shuck oysters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and old US speech, «aw shucks» shows a modest or shy person. In everyday US life, shucking corn for dinner. Phrases: aw shucks, shuck corn.

### examples

- Shucks, I forgot my lunch! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x1)
- «Aw shucks, it was nothing,» said the farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x2)
- We shucked the corn on the porch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x3)
- Put the corn shucks in the compost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x4)
- She shucked the peas into a bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x5)
- Shucks, it's raining again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x6)
- Oh, work on, boys! give doze shucks a mighty wringin'-- (Hey O! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/#x7)

### note

Mild, friendly; not rude. Mostly American. Similar mild words: darn, drat, oh no.

### In the corpora

- ["Shucks!" is an old-fashioned American mild word for disappointment or shyness, used instead of a rude word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shucks» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.