| 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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| (verb) remove the shucks from | - |
| (verb) remove from the shell | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) shake, as from cold | Synonyms: shiver |
| (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, thrill, throb |
| shuddering | (adjective) shaking convulsively or violently | - |
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| shudderingly | (adverb) with a shudder | - |
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| shuddery | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: chilling, scary, shivery |
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| 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 |
| (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: mix, ruffle |
| (verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shamble |
| (verb) move about, move back and forth | - |
| 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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| shun | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | Synonyms: eschew |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) transfer to another track, of trains | - |
| (verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt | - |
| shunter | (noun) a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips | - |
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| shush | (verb) silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
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| shut | (adjective) not open | Synonyms: closed, unopen |
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| (adjective) used especially of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: closed |
| (verb) move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | Synonyms: close |
| (verb) become closed | Synonyms: close |
| (verb) prevent from entering; shut out | Synonyms: exclude, keep out, shut out |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) close with shutters | - |
| shutterbug | (noun) a photography enthusiast | - |
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| shuttered | (adjective) provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination | - |
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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 |
| (verb) travel back and forth between two points | - |
| 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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| (verb) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock | - |