"shucks" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ʃʌks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shucks.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌks Etymology: From shuck (“something valueless”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|shuck|t=something valueless}} shuck (“something valueless”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} shucks
  1. (colloquial, euphemistic) Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment. Tags: colloquial, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-shucks-en-intj-d1HAXigH Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. (colloquial, euphemistic) A bashful expression of thanks. Tags: colloquial, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-shucks-en-intj-m90ZteZk Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aw shucks Translations (shucks): äsch (då) (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'shucks': 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ʃʌks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shucks.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌks Etymology: From shuck (“something valueless”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|shuck|t=something valueless}} shuck (“something valueless”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} shucks
  1. plural of shuck Tags: form-of, plural Form of: shuck
    Sense id: en-shucks-en-noun-ZvoTYmE1

Verb

IPA: /ʃʌks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shucks.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌks Etymology: From shuck (“something valueless”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|shuck|t=something valueless}} shuck (“something valueless”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shucks
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shuck Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: shuck
    Sense id: en-shucks-en-verb-KX2BkPSl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 14 6 77

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