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shack

1

[ shak ]

noun

  1. a rough cabin; shanty.
  2. Informal. radio shack.


verb phrase

  1. Slang.
    1. to live together as spouses without being legally married.
    2. to have illicit sexual relations.
    3. to live in a shack:

      He's shacked up in the mountains.

shack

2

[ shak ]

verb (used with object)

Informal.
  1. to chase and throw back; to retrieve:

    to shack a ground ball.

shack

1

/ ʃæ°ì /

noun

  1. a roughly built hut
  2. temporary accommodation put together by squatters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

shack

2

/ ʃæ°ì /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to evade (work or responsibility)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of shack1

1875–80, Americanism; compare earlier shackly rickety, probably akin to ramshackle ( Mexican Spanish jacal “hut†is a phonetically impossible source)

Origin of shack2

1825–35, Americanism; apparently special use of dial. shack to shake
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of shack1

C19: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake
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At the end of the short trail, the fuel offered inside Saar’s compact service station, a shiny tin shack sheltered among trees, is spiritual nourishment.

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The setting allows White to indulge in commentary about misguiding Western hierarchal assumptions, primarily turning up in the form of old bald white men shacking up with young women from Thailand or elsewhere.

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In the meantime, the gobies are shacking up at Santa Monica’s Heal the Bay Aquarium and the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

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One of Malibu’s famed “seafood shacks,†the Reel Inn burned down, its owners confirmed on Instagram.

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Chido - the worst storm to hit the archipelago in 90 years - flattened areas where people live in shacks with sheet metal roofs and left fields of dirt and debris.

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