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To remove the outer casing of a food item, such as an ear of corn or the shell of an oyster.

shuck (third-person singular simple present shucks, present participle shucking, simple past and past participle shucked)

(transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.). Shall we shuck walnuts? (transitive) To remove (any outer covering). I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.