shuck | (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble |
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shucks | (noun) something of little value | Synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, tinker's dam, tinker's damn |
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(noun) an expression of disappointment or irritation | - |
shudder | (noun) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) | Synonyms: tremor |
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(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, thrill, tingle |
shudra | (noun) the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status | Synonyms: sudra |
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shuffle | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffling |
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(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffling |
shuffleboard | (noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | Synonyms: shovelboard |
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shuffler | (noun) someone who walks without raising the feet | - |
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(noun) the card player who shuffles the cards | - |
shuffling | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: make, shuffle |
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(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shambling, shuffle |
shufti | (noun) a quick look around (originally military slang) | - |
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shumac | (noun) a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) | Synonyms: sumac, sumach |
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shunning | (noun) deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | Synonyms: avoidance, dodging, turning away |
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shunt | (noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body | - |
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(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | Synonyms: bypass, electrical shunt |
(noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another | - |
shunter | (noun) a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips | - |
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shutdown | (noun) termination of operations | Synonyms: closedown, closing, closure |
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shuteye | (noun) informal term for sleep | Synonyms: shut-eye |
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shutout | (noun) a defeat in a game where one side fails to score | Synonyms: skunk |
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shutter | (noun) a hinged blind for a window | - |
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(noun) a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure | - |
shutterbug | (noun) a photography enthusiast | - |
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shutting | (noun) the act of closing something | Synonyms: closing |
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shuttle | (noun) bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads | - |
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(noun) public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points | - |
(noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttlecock |
shuttlecock | (noun) badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | Synonyms: bird, birdie, shuttle |
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