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Shucks is an English word with synonyms like damn or expression. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shucks in a sentence

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Shucks meaning

  1. Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
  2. A bashful expression of thanks.

Synonyms of Shucks

damn expression saying ineptitude worthlessness tinker's dam tinker's damn shit red cent hoot darn locution

Related words

Other words often associated with Shucks or its synonyms:

speech worth quality language look reflexion outcry raspberry stool faeces blamed goddam

Using Shucks

  • The main meaning on this page is: Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment. | A bashful expression of thanks.
  • Useful related words include: damn, expression, saying, ineptitude.
  • In the example corpus, shucks often appears in combinations such as: aw shucks, shucks and, big shucks.

Context around Shucks

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations

Often before:

big 2× nymphal 1× aww 1× shoot 1×

Often after:

demeanor 1× pardon 1× thank 1× personality 1× thing 1× humor 1×

Sentence patterns with Shucks

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

an aw shucks can do 1× an aww shucks personality to 1× and aw shucks demeanor 1× at big shucks 1× family big shucks 1× include shoot shucks and sugar 1× most aw shucks can t 1× mouthed aw shucks pardon me 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and he got 1× he s got 1× his family i 1× howard turned 20 1× meyers 1998 p 1× minced oath substitutes 1×

Common sentence endings:

air as adults 1× at big shucks 1× aw shucks demeanor 1× editor nate cosby 1× european dining scene 1× family big shucks 1×

Words around Shucks

Just before it in the word index:

shucking 13 shuckers 10 shuckerow 3 shucker 3 shucked 8 shuck 13

Just after it in the word index:

shucosky 2 shud 5 shudder 82 shuddered 9 shuddering 20 shudders 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 20 abbv 20 abdalla 20 abdirahman 20 abdulmalik 20 abhimanyu 20

Corpus analysis for Shucks

  • In this selection, "shucks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, big, nymphal, aww, demeanor, pardon and thank stand out and add context to how "shucks" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an aw shucks can do and an aww shucks personality to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shucks" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shucks

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Belichick just said, “Aw, shucks. (5 words)

Watch the Puck at Big Shucks! (6 words)

He's got this "Aw Shucks," thing down pat. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

His family (I’ll get to them soon) is profane and flatulent, but there’s just such an aww, shucks personality to Sherman that it just makes me laugh, especially when he curls up his lip like the fumes of a fart are still caught up in his mustache. (49 words)

Once he shucks his millionth oyster — a detail that he logs in a little book, to show that he’s been counting every single mollusk for years — Adam storms out of the restaurant to begin his comeback on the European dining scene. (42 words)

There is the now quintessential, unfunny “aw-shucks” humor with Georgie (Montana Jordan), the signature dose of indifference and sardonic barbs from Meemaw’s side, and Sheldon’s general passivity at everything happening around him. (35 words)

Exclamation examples

Watch all of the NFL Playoff games with friends and family Big Shucks! (13 words)

Watch the Puck at Big Shucks! (6 words)

Example sentences (15)

The female trico nymphs ascend to the water’s surface first thing in the morning, shed their nymphal shucks and take to the air as adults.

Howard turned 20 during the show's first season, but he still had that baby face and aw-shucks demeanor.

It’s time for Democrats to do away with the mealy-mouthed, aw-shucks, pardon-me, sane, rational, let-me-explain-that-in-more-detail approach, and start smacking people over the head.

And he got that kind of -- aw shucks, thank you very much.

His family (I’ll get to them soon) is profane and flatulent, but there’s just such an aww, shucks personality to Sherman that it just makes me laugh, especially when he curls up his lip like the fumes of a fart are still caught up in his mustache.

Of everyone in the Democratic field thus far, “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg strikes me as the most, “aw, shucks, can’t we all just get along” person in the bunch.

Once he shucks his millionth oyster — a detail that he logs in a little book, to show that he’s been counting every single mollusk for years — Adam storms out of the restaurant to begin his comeback on the European dining scene.

And they’re bringing out the best of Steve Austen, an aw-shucks can-do astronaut that just so happens to have a laser eye,” said editor Nate Cosby.

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Belichick just said, “Aw, shucks.

He's got this "Aw Shucks," thing down pat.

There is the now quintessential, unfunny “aw-shucks” humor with Georgie (Montana Jordan), the signature dose of indifference and sardonic barbs from Meemaw’s side, and Sheldon’s general passivity at everything happening around him.

Watch all of the NFL Playoff games with friends and family Big Shucks!

Watch the Puck at Big Shucks!

Meyers 1998, p. 53. Not unlike his screen persona, his communication style frequently consisted of long silences with an occasional "yup" and "shucks".

Minced oath substitutes for the word shit in English include shoot, shucks, and "sugar".

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Common combinations with shucks

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shucks" in a sentence?
An example: "The female trico nymphs ascend to the water’s surface first thing in the morning, shed their nymphal shucks and take to the air as adults." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shucks" from authentic English texts.
What does "shucks" mean?
Shucks means: Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
What are synonyms of "shucks"?
Common synonyms of "shucks" include: damn, expression, saying, ineptitude, worthlessness, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, shit. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "shucks" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shucks", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.