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shucks en · INTJ
Pronunciation
/ʃʌks/ (Southern-England) audio Etymology From shuck (“something valueless”).
Meanings
(colloquial, euphemistic) Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
Shucks. It's too bad you can't make it to the party.
(colloquial, euphemistic) A bashful expression of thanks.
Aw, shucks, ma'am, catching those wild horses was easy.
Deriveds
aw shucks
Translations (4)
ru что ты (a bashful expression of thanks) ru что вы (a bashful expression of thanks) es vaya (a bashful expression of thanks) sv äsch (då) (a bashful expression of thanks)
Source: en.wiktionary, “shucks” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
shucks en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/ʃʌks/ (Southern-England) audio Etymology From shuck (“something valueless”).
Meanings
(colloquial, euphemistic, form-of, plural) plural of shuck
Source: en.wiktionary, “shucks” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
shucks en · VERB
Pronunciation
/ʃʌks/ (Southern-England) audio Etymology From shuck (“something valueless”).
Meanings
(colloquial, euphemistic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of shuck
Source: en.wiktionary, “shucks” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.