to shuck off one's clothes

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• shuck — {{11}}shuck (n.) husk, pod, shell, 1670s, Amer.Eng., of unknown origin. Later used in reference to the shells of oysters and clams (1872). {{12}}shuck (v.) 1819, to remove the shucks from, Many extended senses are from the notion of stripping an… …   Etymology dictionary

• shuck — shuck1 shucker, n. /shuk/, n. 1. a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc. 2. Usually, shucks. Informal. something useless or worthless: They don t care shucks about the project. 3. the shell of an oyster or clam …   Universalium

• shuck — [[t]ʃʌk[/t]] n. 1) a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, etc 2) Usu., shucks. something useless or worthless 3) the shell of an oyster or clam 4) to remove the shucks from: to shuck corn[/ex] 5) to remove or discard: to… …   From formal English to slang

• undress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strip, disrobe, unclothe, peel (sl.), dismantle, expose. See divestment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. strip, take off one s clothes, undrape, disrobe, unclothe, dismantle, divest, become naked, assume the… …   English dictionary for students

• peel — v 1. skin, pare, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, hull, bark; shell, husk, shuck; strip, denude, excoriate. 2.(of skin, bark, etc.) come off, detach, separate, split; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, shed, slough, molt, exuviate, flake.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• disrobe — [v] take off one’s clothes bare, denudate, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk*, peel*, remove, shed, shuck*, slip out of, strip, take it off, unbutton*, unclothe, uncover, undress; concept 167 Ant. clothe, put on …   New thesaurus

• List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom — This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.* Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g. pants , crib ) are to be found …   Wikipedia

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• take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …   Useful english dictionary