shuck

shuck
[Jak]
1. n. an insincere person.
□ The guy’s a shuck. Don’t believe a thing he says!
□ Who needs a shuck for a legislator?
2. tv. & in. to kid someone; to tease someone.
□ Cool it! I’m just shucking.
□ Stop shucking me!
3. tv. to swindle someone; to deceive someone.
□ The con man hucked a number of people in the town before moving on.
□ He was going to shuck the mayor, but people were beginning to talk, so he blew town.
4. n. a hoax.
□ What a stupid shuck!
□ How could you fall for that old shuck?
5. AND shuck down tv. & in. to undress oneself; to remove one’s clothing.
□ He shucked himself quickly and jumped into bed.
□ He shucked down and showered and was at work in twenty minutes.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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