Chuck vs. Shuck — What's the Difference?

Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie.

A husk, pod, or shell of a seed, nut, or fruit, such as a pecan or an ear of corn.

To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.

A shell of a bivalve, such as an oyster or clam.

To throw or toss

The exoskeleton or pupal case of an insect larva or nymph, especially one that has been shed.

(Informal) To throw out; discard

Often shucks(Informal) Something worthless

(Informal) To force out; eject

To remove the husk or shell from

(Informal) To give up; quit

To open the shell of (a bivalve)

To make a clucking sound.

(Informal) To cast off

An affectionate pat or squeeze under the chin.

Used to express mild disappointment, disgust, or annoyance.

A throw, toss, or pitch.

The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

A fraud; a scam.

A clamp that holds a tool or the material being worked in a machine such as a lathe.

(slang) A phony.

A clamping device for holding a drill bit.

(folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.

(Informal) Food.

(transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

A clucking sound.

(transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

To fool; to hoax.

Food.

(dialectal) To shake; shiver.

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

(dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.

A chicken, a hen.

(dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.

A clucking sound.

(dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.

(slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

To walk at a slow trot.

A gentle touch or tap.

A shock of grain.

(informal) A casual throw.

A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.

A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

The shell of an oyster or clam.

(slang) An act or instance of vomiting.

To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

(music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; - usually with off.

Abbreviation of woodchuck

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.

Remove from the shell;

To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

Remove the shucks from;

To make a clucking sound.

To call, as a hen her chickens.

(obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.

To touch or tap gently.

To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.

To discard, to throw away.

To jilt; to dump.

To give up; to stop doing; to quit.

To vomit.

To leave; to depart; to bounce.

(music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

To chuckle; to laugh.

To call, as a hen her chickens.

To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

The chuck or call of a hen.

A sudden, small noise.

A word of endearment; - corrupted from chick.

A slight blow or pat under the chin.

A short throw; a toss.

A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

A small pebble; - called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.

Informal terms for a meal

The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

Throw carelessly;

Throw away;

Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;