English words starting with shu

Meanings of Shu:

noun

Rumour; gossip.

Usage examples:

The shu-shu is that he is being paid his full salary ever since he was ordered back to work

verb

Speak at close range in a low tone, typically to exchange gossip.

Meanings of Shuba:

noun

A type of long sheepskin cloak worn by hungarian shepherds.

Meanings of Shubunkin:

noun

A goldfish of an ornamental variety, having black spots, red patches, and long fins and tail.

Usage examples:

They said that they had seen shubunkins with the beautiful colors and they couldn't detect scales.

Meanings of Shuck:

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

Meanings of Shucked:

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

Meanings of Shucking:

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

Meanings of Shucks:

noun

An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.

Usage examples:

Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

verb

Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.

Usage examples:

Shuck and drain the oysters

exclamation

Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.

Usage examples:

‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

Meanings of Shudder:

verb

(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.

Usage examples:

She still shuddered at the thought of him

noun

An act of shuddering.

Usage examples:

The elevator rose with a shudder

Meanings of Shuddered:

verb

(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.

Usage examples:

She still shuddered at the thought of him

noun

An act of shuddering.

Usage examples:

The elevator rose with a shudder

Meanings of Shuddering:

adjective

Characterized or accompanied by violent shaking or vibration.

Usage examples:

The train came to a shuddering halt

noun

The action or fact of shaking or vibrating violently.

Usage examples:

The biggest earthquakes are set off by the shuddering of the plates that make up the earth's surfac…

verb

(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.

Usage examples:

She still shuddered at the thought of him

Meanings of Shudders:

verb

(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.

Usage examples:

She still shuddered at the thought of him

noun

An act of shuddering.

Usage examples:

The elevator rose with a shudder

Meanings of Shuddery:

adjective

Shaking or trembling; unsteady.

Usage examples:

Simon took a deep, shuddery breath

Meanings of Shuffle:

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.

Usage examples:

There was a shuffle of approaching feet

Meanings of Shuffle-off:

phrasal verb

To get rid of something unwanted, usually by giving it to someone else

Usage examples:

Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle p…

Meanings of Shuffleboard:

noun

A game played by pushing discs with a long-handled shovel over a marked surface.

Usage examples:

The shuffleboard, first called shoveboard and then, inexplicably, shovelboard, appears to have orig…

Meanings of Shuffled:

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.

Usage examples:

There was a shuffle of approaching feet

Meanings of Shuffles:

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.

Usage examples:

There was a shuffle of approaching feet

Meanings of Shuffling:

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

The action of walking without lifting one's feet fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I heard the sound of doors opening and then the noisy shuffling of feet

adjective

Not lifting the feet fully from the ground when walking.

Usage examples:

A shuffling old man

Meanings of Shufti:

noun

To look at something quickly

Usage examples:

Can i have a shufti at your paper?

Meanings of Shufty:

noun

To look at something quickly

Usage examples:

Can i have a shufti at your paper?

Meanings of Shul:

noun

A synagogue.

Usage examples:

She could picture him in shul now

Meanings of Shuls:

noun

A synagogue.

Usage examples:

She could picture him in shul now

Meanings of Shun:

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

Meanings of Shunned:

adjective

Persistently avoided, ignored, or rejected.

Usage examples:

A shunned and lonely character

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

Past simple and past participle of shun

Meanings of Shunning:

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

Present participle of shun