shucks

2 definitions • 4 examples

an expression of modesty, embarrassment, disappointment, or anger:

"You played great in the concert." "Shucks, everyone else was really good."

Shucks, I missed the shot.

used to express slight regret or to show you are disappointed, or sometimes to show that something is not very important:

Shucks, I wish I could have been there.

Shucks, it wasn’t that hard to do.