shucks

noun

1. something of little value (Freq. 1)

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his promise is not worth a damn

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not worth one red cent

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not worth shucks

• Syn:

↑damn, ↑darn, ↑hoot, ↑red cent, ↑shit, ↑tinker's damn, ↑tinker's dam

• Derivationally related forms: ↑shitty (for: ↑shit)

• Hypernyms: ↑worthlessness, ↑ineptitude

2. an expression of disappointment or irritation

• Hypernyms: ↑saying, ↑expression, ↑locution

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shucks interjection (informal)

A mild exclamation expressive of disappointment, irritation or embarrassment

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Main Entry: ↑shuck

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shucks UK [ʃʌks] US interjection american informal old-fashioned

used for saying that you are annoyed or disappointed

Thesaurus: old-fashioned expressions used when annoyed or angry_synonym

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shucks «shuhks», interjection, noun. Informal.

–interj.

an exclamation of impatience or irritation: »

“Oh, shucks,” replied Clyde…“What nonsense, Roberta” (Theodore Dreiser).

–n.

a type of something valueless (used especially in negative phrases); »

not worth shucks. He was no great shucks as an outfielder.

╂[American English, perhaps < shuck]

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/ˈʃʌks/ interj

US old-fashioned

— used to show that you are disappointed or embarrassed

Oh, shucks, I completely forgot.

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shucks [shucks] [ʃʌks] [ʃʌks] exclamation (old-fashioned, NAmE, informal)

used to express embarrassment or disappointment

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‘You're real cute.’ ‘Aw shucks, do you think so?’