Definition of shuck

• n. - A shock of grain.
• n. - A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
• n. - The shell of an oyster or clam.
• v. t. - To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.