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Shuck vs Phuck - What's the difference?

shuck | phuck |

As verbs the difference between shuck and phuck

is that shuck is to remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc) while phuck is .

As a noun shuck

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

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.

    • Anagrams

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    phuck

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 2003 , Edward Abbey, David Petersen, Confessions of a barbarian (page 181)
    • So now it's four days later and the problem, precisely phrased, is how to get the phucking leg up off the phucking bed. Sweating and cursing, try as I will, I cannot lift that phucking limb.
  • * 2008 , Steve Gertsch, A Templar's Vows
    • “My Lord, you really phucked him up,” said Winola. “I have never seen anything like that before.”
  • * 2010 , D. B. Moon, Mind Sweeper (page 124)
    • He breathed in again and gritted what teeth he had left. When he exhaled, saliva and blood poured out of his mouth, as well as another blood bubble. “Phuck you Natshi!”