shuckish

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adjective

Causing one to shiver, cold

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveshuckish (comparative more shuckish, superlative most shuckish)

comparative more shuckish · superlative most shuckish

  1. dialectalCausing one to shiver, cold

Origin

From dialectal shuck (“to shake, shiver”) + -ish.

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APA

shuckish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuckish

MLA

“shuckish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuckish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shuckish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shuckish.

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