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单词 shackup
释义

shackup

[ shak-uhp ]
/ ˈʃækˌʌp /

noun Slang.

an instance of shacking up: The census people counted both marriages and shackups.

Origin of shackup

First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase shack up

Words nearby shackup

shacket, shackle, Shackleton, shacko, shack-tapping, shackup, shacky, shad, shadberry, Shadbolt, shadbush
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British Dictionary definitions for shackup

shack up

verb

(intr, adverb usually foll by with) slang to live or take up residence, esp with a mistress or lover
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

Idioms and Phrases with shackup

shack up

1

Sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married. For example, They had been dating for two months and then decided to shack up. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

2

Stay or reside with, as in I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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