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shuck

 verb
     
Related topics: Cooking
shuck [transitive] American English
DFC to remove the outer cover of a vegetable such as corn, or the shell of oysters

shuck something ↔ off

phrasal verb
to take off a piece of clothing:
She shucked off her jacket.
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