shuck

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shuck /ʃʌk/ chiefly N. Amer.

▶noun an outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

■ the shell of an oyster or clam.

▶verb

• 1 remove the shucks from.

• 2 informal abandon; get rid of.

  ■ take off (a garment).

• 3 informal fool or tease (someone).

– derivatives
shucker noun.

– origin C17: of unknown origin.