different between shuck vs phuck

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

shuck (plural shucks)

1. The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.46:

     There was no linen, no pillow, and when she touched the mattress it gave forth the faint dry whisper of shucks.

2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
3. (slang) A phony.

Verb

shuck (third-person singular simple present shucks, present participle shucking, simple past and past participle shucked)

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

   Shall we shuck walnuts?

2. (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

   I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.

3. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.

Derived terms

• shuck and jive

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “shuck”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Hucks, hucks

English

Pronunciation

Verb

phuck (third-person singular simple present phucks, present participle phucking, simple past and past participle phucked)

1. (slang) Nonstandard spelling of fuck.
   • 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!”