shucks

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/ʃʌks/

interjection

Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.

“Shucks. It's too bad you can't make it to the party.”

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damndarnhootred centshittinker's damntinker's dam
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Meanings

shucks1

interjection
  1. colloquialeuphemisticExclamatory response to a minor disappointment.

    Shucks. It's too bad you can't make it to the party.

  2. colloquialeuphemisticA bashful expression of thanks.

    Aw, shucks, ma'am, catching those wild horses was easy.

noun
  1. colloquialeuphemisticpluralplural of shuck
verb
  1. colloquialeuphemisticindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of shuck

Shucks2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Shuck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomething of little value

Similar
damndarnhootred centshittinker's damntinker's dam
Broader
worthlessnessineptitude
Also see
damndarngramercyhootred centshitshootthankstinker's damn

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From shuck (“something valueless”).

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Translations

Russian что ты, что вы
  • что ты (što ty)a bashful expression of thanks
  • что вы (što vy)a bashful expression of thanks
Spanish vaya
  • vayaa bashful expression of thanks
Swedish äsch (då)
  • äsch (då)a bashful expression of thanks

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shucks

deluxetrucksfluxbucksducksluxluxereduxtuxcruxchucksduxpucksluckshucksbruxJemmy Ducksyuks
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Cite this entry
APA

shucks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shucks

MLA

“shucks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shucks. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shucks,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shucks.

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