shack
1[ shak ]
/ ʃæk /
noun
a rough cabin; shanty.
Informal. radio shack.
Verb Phrases
shack up, Slang.
- to live together as spouses without being legally married.
- to have illicit sexual relations.
- to live in a shack: He's shacked up in the mountains.
Nearby words
shabu-shabu, shabuoth, shacharis, shacharith, shache, shack, shack up, shack-tapping, shacket, shackle, shackleton
Origin of shack
11875–80, Americanism; compare earlier shackly rickety, probably akin to ramshackle (Mexican Spanish jacal “hut” is a phonetically impossible source)
Definition for shack (2 of 2)
shack
2[ shak ]
/ ʃæk /
verb (used with object) Informal.
to chase and throw back; to retrieve: to shack a ground ball.
Origin of shack
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British Dictionary definitions for shack (1 of 2)
shack
1/ (ʃæk) /
noun
a roughly built hut
Southern African temporary accommodation put together by squatters
verb
See shack up
Word Origin for shack
C19: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake
British Dictionary definitions for shack (2 of 2)
shack
2/ (ʃæk) /
verb
Midland English dialect to evade (work or responsibility)
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