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S vs Shuck - What's the difference?

s | shuck |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun shuck is

the shell or husk, especially of grains (eg corn/maize) or nuts (eg walnuts).

As a verb shuck is

to remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc).

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Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    shuck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
  • (slang, African American Vernacular English) A fraud; a scam.
  • (slang) A phony.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
    • Shall we shuck walnuts?
  • To remove (any outer covering).
    • I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.
  • (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.

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