shuck

The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

There was no linen, no pillow, and when she touched the mattress it gave forth the faint dry whisper of shucks.

A fraud; a scam.

A phony.

To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

Shall we shuck walnuts?

To remove (any outer covering).

I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.

[...] but what had actually happened was that the wheel of one of the coaches became detached from its axle, or, in the more expressive American argot, the train "shucked off a wheel near Everett."

To remove (an external hard drive or solid-state drive) from its casing so that it can be used inside another device.

To fool; to hoax.

To shake; shiver.

To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.

To do hurriedly or in a restless way.

To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.

To walk at a slow trot.