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

(slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.

(slang) A phony.

(European folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.

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

(transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.