Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) fooling, playing around.

1962		(con. 1953–7) L. Yablonsky Violent Gang (1967) 279: He was accused of ‘shucking and sliding’ (not performing adequately).
1979		‘Iceberg Slim’ Airtight Willie and Me 9: I was having one bitch kitty of a time tuning out the interracial sewer mouth shucking and jiving.
2008		Simon & Lehane ‘Clarifications’ Wire ser. 5 ep. 8 [TV script] No shucking, no jiving, just good old police work.