<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.</li><li>Usually shucks.</li><li>Informal: something useless or worthless: They don't care shucks about the project.</li><li>the shell of an oyster or clam.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>to remove the shucks from: to shuck corn.</li><li>to remove or discard as or like shucks; peel off: to shuck one's clothes.</li><li>Slang: to get rid of (often followed by off): a bad habit I couldn't shuck off for years.</li></ul><p><strong>interjection</strong></p><ul><li>shucks, Informal. (used as a mild exclamation of disgust or regret.)</li></ul>