shack

shack

 (shăk)

n.

A small, crudely built building; a shanty.

intr.v. shacked, shack·ing, shacks

To live or dwell: farm hands shacking in bunkhouses.

Idiom:

shack up Slang

1. To live together and have sexual relations without being married.

2. To live, room, or stay at a place: I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own.

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[Probably back-formation from dialectal (chiefly southern United States) shackly, rickety, perhaps from English dialectal shackle, to litter, disorder, frequentative of shake.]

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shack

(ʃæk)

n

1. (Architecture) a roughly built hut

2. (Architecture) South African temporary accommodation put together by squatters

vb

See shack up

[C19: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake]

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shack

(ʃæk)

vb

dialect Midland English to evade (work or responsibility)

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shack

(ʃæk)

n.

1. a rough cabin; shanty.

v.i.

2. shack up, Slang.

a. to live together as sexual partners without being legally married.

b. to take up residence; dwell.

[1875–80, Amer.; compare earlier shackly rickety, probably akin to ramshackle]

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shack

Past participle: shacked
Gerund: shacking

Imperative

shack

shack

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shack - small crude shelter used as a dwelling hovel, shanty, hut, hutch igloo, iglu - an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome mudhif - a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
Verb	1.	shack - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" domicile, domiciliate, reside rusticate - live in the country and lead a rustic life inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
	2.	shack - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" trail go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

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shack

noun hut, cabin, shanty, lean-to, dump (informal), hovel, shiel (Scot.), shieling (Scot.) a nice shack in shanty town

shack up with someone move in with, go to live with, share a house with, live together with It turned out she had shacked up with a lawyer in New York.

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shack

noun

An ugly, squalid dwelling:

hole, hovel, hut, shanty.

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Translations

كوخ، خُص

chatrčžít na hromádce

bo sammenskur

BarackeSchuppen

domaĉo

latovaja

cabanechaumièrehutte

hreysikofaskrifli, skúrkofiskúr

andare a viverebaraccacapannacascinagrano

gyventi susidėjusgyventi susimetus

būdadzivot kopa

flytte sammen

лачугахижина

búda

bajta

barakakulübenikâhsız karı koca hayatı yaşamak

未婚而同居窝棚简陋小屋

shack

[ʃæk] N → choza f, jacal m (CAm, Mex)

shack up VI + ADV to shack up with sb → arrejuntarse con algn
to shack up together → arrejuntarse, vivir arrejuntados

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shack

[ˈʃæk]

n (= hut) → cabane f

shack up with

vt fus → être à la colle avec
shacked up with sb → à la colle avec qn

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shack

n → Hütte f, → Schuppen m

vi (inf) to shack up with somebody → mit jdm zusammenziehen; to shack up together → zusammenziehen

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shack

[ʃæk]

1. n → capanno; (in slum) → baracca

2. vi to shack up with sb (fam) → convivere (con qn)

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shack

(ʃӕk) noun

a roughly-built hut. a wooden shack. hut كوخ، خُص колиба cabana chatrč die Baracke skur καλύβαchoza hurtsik كلبه hökkeli cabane בִּיקתָה कुटी, झोंपड़ी, कुटीर koliba, daščara kunyhó gubuk kofaskrifli, skúr capanna 小屋 오두막집 lūšna būda teratak hutskur, bu chałupa كوډله، جونګړه، كنډر: وډ، انګاره، خوزاره: ددرمند پاتي شونې cabana cabană; colibă лачуга chatrč, búda koliba koliba koja, hydda กระท่อม kulübe, baraka 簡陋小屋，棚屋 халупа, хижка جھگی، کھوکھا lán, lều 简陋小屋，窝棚

verb

shack up to live together (with someone) as sexual partners without being married. saamwoon съжителствам без брак juntar os trapos همخانه شدن pistää hynttyyt yhteen לַגור יָחָד बिना विवाह किए (स्त्री पुरुष) साथ-साथ रहना živjeti nevjenčano, stupiti u izvanbračnu zajednicu 동거하다 tinggal serumah hokken هم اطاق živeti nevenčano อาศัยอยู่ร่วมกับ 未婚同居 співмешкати بغیر شادی کے ساتھ رہنا sống với nhau 未婚而同居

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