shackup

[ shak-uhp ]

nounSlang.
  1. an instance of shacking up: The census people counted both marriages and shackups.

Origin of shackup

1
First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase shack up

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How to use shackup in a sentence

  • I found this old shack up here one day in wandering about, and, after finding its owner, hired it for the 264 summer.

    The Liberty Girl | Rena I. Halsey
  • An' now there won't be no reason for my hidin' in the shack up there or even passin' the time o' day with you, either of you.

    Old Crow | Alice Brown
  • As they ate, the boys and girls told the details of their experience at the shack up the river.

    Dave Porter at Star Ranch | Edward Stratemeyer

British Dictionary definitions for shack up

shack up

verb
  1. (intr, adverb usually foll by with) slang to live or take up residence, esp with a mistress or lover

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Other Idioms and Phrases with shackup

shackup

Sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married. For example, They had been dating for two months and then decided to shack up. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

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