Synonyms of shucking (off)

shucking (off)

verb

present participle of shuck (off)

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

bad habits are hard to shuck off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• ditching
• casting (off)
• sloughing (off)
• losing
• flinging (off or away)
• disposing of
• throwing away
• laying by
• sluffing (off)
• setting aside
• throwing out
• abandoning
• scrapping
• shedding
• rejecting
• removing
• tossing
• jettisoning
• exorcising
• junking
• eighty-sixing
• chucking
• exorcizing
• eliminating
• kicking out
• stamping (out)
• wiping out
• deep-sixing
• dismissing
• 86ing
• cashiering
• pitching
• rooting (out)
• abolishing
• forsaking
• abdicating
• deserting
• eradicating
• exterminating
• expunging
• extirpating
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• taking on
• embracing
• utilizing
• employing
• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• holding back