shack
1a rough cabin; shanty.
Informal. radio shack.
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.
Origin of shack
1Other definitions for shack (2 of 2)
to chase and throw back; to retrieve: to shack a ground ball.
Origin of shack
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How to use shack in a sentence
Small wooden shacks filled with canned goods and phone cards clutter the sidewalks.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe more than 50,000 who reside in West Point live mostly in shacks made of zinc with rusted tin roofs.
"I think single-handedly we kept many Radio Shacks in business," his mother, Jackie, told Wired in 1999.
The Arabs whose shacks are being demolished have documents attesting title to their land.
Pitt starred as an IRA gunman who shacks up with an NYPD officer (Harrison Ford) and his family.
Brad Pitt and More Oscar Nominees’ Most Embarrassing Roles (Video) | Marlow Stern | February 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It stood a little back on the slope, and was on the opposite side of the creek from the mill site and sleeping-shacks.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeI'll tear down those mining shacks, float them down the river and sell them as lumber.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.On the other bank was a small flat where shacks of log and bark stood among dripping tents.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossTents, iron huts, and rude log shacks slipped past; men in muddy slickers drew back against the bank, and then the train stopped.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossThis enormous land surface, between the city and suburbs is covered with wooden shacks of rag-pickers and junk-dealers.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for shack (1 of 2)
/ (ʃæk) /
a roughly built hut
Southern African temporary accommodation put together by squatters
See shack up
Origin of shack
1British Dictionary definitions for shack (2 of 2)
/ (ʃæk) /
Midland English dialect to evade (work or responsibility)
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