shuck

¹shuck

noun \ˈshək\

Definition of SHUCK

1

: shell, husk: as a : the outer covering of a nut or of Indian corn b : the shell of an oyster or clam

2

: something of little value —usually used in plural <not worth shucks>

Examples of SHUCK

1. <it doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns>

Origin of SHUCK

origin unknown

First Known Use: circa 1674

Related to SHUCK

Synonyms: bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality

Related Words: naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

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Rhymes with SHUCK

buck, chuck, cluck, cruck, duck, guck, huck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, struck, suck, truck, Truk, tuck, yech, yuck