shucking
present participle ofshuck
shuck
verb[T]
USuk/ʃʌk/us/ʃʌk/toremovetheshellornaturalcoveringfrom something that iseaten:
to shuckcorn/oysters
Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables
- core
- hull
- pare
- peel
- pit
- pitted
- seed
- seeded
- shell
- shelling
- shuck
- skinless
- spud bashing
- stone
- stoned
- top
- top and tailidiom
- winnow
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Preparing animals & fish for cooking
Phrasal verb
shucksomethingoff
Examplesofshucking
shucking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At a banquet, servants areshuckingoysters as fast as they can be consumed.
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Some considered it akin to quilting or cornshucking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They bought groceries, dry goods, shoes, tobacco, kerosene, men's overalls and shirts, mittens, canned goods,shuckingpegs, ammunition, and candy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tilden is evidently mentally unwell as he sits,shuckingcorn into a bucket.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Opening orshuckingoysters has become a competitive sport.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Activities include a parade, talent show, and various competitions such as an oystershuckingcontest, ping pong tournament, and a survival suit race.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It features oystershuckingin front of the customer, and patrons may make their own oyster sauces from condiments on the tables.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is usually acquired when the contents of the oyster come in contact with a cut skin lesion, as whenshuckingan oyster.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An unusual use for horses was found inshuckingwheat or barley.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This involves a large numbers of workers and associated social events (husking orshuckingbees).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Frolics were community events often associated with events such as cornshucking, house raising, etc., with a feast and dancing at the end of the labors.
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