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shucking off

shucking off is the present participle and gerund of shuck off.

Meaning of shuck off

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To remove one's clothes.
    • He shucked off around the campfire until he was nearly naked.

Questions about shucking off

What is shucking off the present participle and gerund of?
Shucking off is the present participle and gerund of shuck off.

Words near shucking off in the dictionary

  1. shucking
  2. shucking and jiving
  3. shucking down
  4. shucking knife
  5. shucking knives
  6. shucking off
  7. shuckings
  8. shuckish
  9. shuckle
  10. shuckled
  11. shuckles

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