Shuck

Noun

 * 1) The shell or husk, especially of grains such as walnuts.
 * 2)  A fraud; a scam.
 * 3)  A phony.

Verb

 * 1)  To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
 * Shall we shuck walnuts?
 * 1)  To remove (any outer covering).
 * I will shuck my clothes and dive naked into the pool.
 * 1)  To fool; to hoax.

Thesaurus
bark, bran, capsule, case, chaff, corn shuck, cornhusk, decorticate, hull, husk, jacket, palea, peel, pod, rind, shell, skin, slough, strip

Etymology
Origin unknown.

Anagrams

 * hucks