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Shack
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of shag (“exhausted; tiring”). Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, slang
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
"The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]"
- 2 Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 3 small crude shelter used as a dwelling wordnet
- 4 Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
"The stations are generally very poor, even for a branch line; some are mere wooden shacks, and Moniaive itself is one of the least prepossessing terminal stations I have ever seen."
- 5 Nuts which have fallen to the ground. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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- 6 The room from which a ham radio operator transmits. slang
- 7 Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[…] first comes the case of tenants with a customary right to shack their sheep and cattle who have overburdened the fields with a larger number of beasts than their tenement entitles them to, or who have allowed their beasts to feed in the field out of shack time."
- 8 A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. UK, US, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
"Some peple hev a fakilty two get along into the world, whilst others air poor shacks & good for nothing."
- 9 Bait that can be picked up at sea. countable, uncountable
- 10 A drink, especially an alcoholic one. Nigeria, countable, slang, uncountable
- 1 To live (in or with); to shack up.
- 2 To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. obsolete
- 3 move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly wordnet
- 4 To feed in stubble, or upon waste. obsolete
"They [turkeys] are then sold‥to the larger farmers to ‘shack’ upon the barley or oat stubbles."
- 5 make one's home in a particular place or community wordnet
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- 6 To wander as a vagabond or tramp. UK, dialectal
- 7 To hibernate; to go into winter quarters. US, intransitive
- 8 To drink, especially alcohol. Nigeria, slang
Etymology
Unknown. Some authorities derive this word from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli (“adobe hut”). Alternatively, the word may instead come from ramshackle/ramshackly (e.g., old ramshackly house) or perhaps it may be a back-formation from shackly.
Unknown. Some authorities derive this word from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli (“adobe hut”). Alternatively, the word may instead come from ramshackle/ramshackly (e.g., old ramshackly house) or perhaps it may be a back-formation from shackly.
Obsolete variant of shake. Compare Scots shag (“refuse of barley or oats”).
Obsolete variant of shake. Compare Scots shag (“refuse of barley or oats”).
From shagged or shagged out.
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