shucking
present participle of shuck
shucking (plural shuckings)
An event at which something is shucked.
We attended a corn shucking and two oyster shuckings.
Source: Wiktionary
Shuck, n.
Definition: A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]
Shuck, n. Etym: [Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.]
1. A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
Shuck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shucking.]
Definition: To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
