shack

S0307500 (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.

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

shack

(ʃæk) n1. (Architecture) a roughly built hut2. (Architecture) South African temporary accommodation put together by squattersvb See shack up[C19: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake]

shack

(ʃæk) vbdialect Midland English to evade (work or responsibility)

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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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Past participle: shacked
Gerund: shacking

Imperative
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shack

Present
I shack
you shack
he/she/it shacks
we shack
you shack
they shack

Preterite
I shacked
you shacked
he/she/it shacked
we shacked
you shacked
they shacked

Present Continuous
I am shacking
you are shacking
he/she/it is shacking
we are shacking
you are shacking
they are shacking

Present Perfect
I have shacked
you have shacked
he/she/it has shacked
we have shacked
you have shacked
they have shacked

Past Continuous
I was shacking
you were shacking
he/she/it was shacking
we were shacking
you were shacking
they were shacking

Past Perfect
I had shacked
you had shacked
he/she/it had shacked
we had shacked
you had shacked
they had shacked

Future
I will shack
you will shack
he/she/it will shack
we will shack
you will shack
they will shack

Future Perfect
I will have shacked
you will have shacked
he/she/it will have shacked
we will have shacked
you will have shacked
they will have shacked

Future Continuous
I will be shacking
you will be shacking
he/she/it will be shacking
we will be shacking
you will be shacking
they will be shacking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shacking
you have been shacking
he/she/it has been shacking
we have been shacking
you have been shacking
they have been shacking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shacking
you will have been shacking
he/she/it will have been shacking
we will have been shacking
you will have been shacking
they will have been shacking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shacking
you had been shacking
he/she/it had been shacking
we had been shacking
you had been shacking
they had been shacking

Conditional
I would shack
you would shack
he/she/it would shack
we would shack
you would shack
they would shack

Past Conditional
I would have shacked
you would have shacked
he/she/it would have shacked
we would have shacked
you would have shacked
they would have shacked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shack - small crude shelter used as a dwellinghovel, shanty, hut, hutchigloo, iglu - an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a domemudhif - a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drainedshelter - 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, residerusticate - live in the country and lead a rustic lifeinhabit, 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"trailgo, 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"

shack

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

shack

nounAn ugly, squalid dwelling:hole, hovel, hut, shanty.

Translations

未婚而同居窝棚简陋小屋

shack

(ʃӕk) noun a roughly-built hut. a wooden shack. 简陋小屋，窝棚 verbshack up to live together (with someone) as sexual partners without being married. 未婚而同居

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be shacked up with (someone)

1. To be living or sharing accommodations with someone while having a casual sexual relationship with them. I haven't seen my sister in weeks. I hear she's been shacked up with some guy from Oklahoma these days. I was shacked up for a while with a woman I met downtown, but I've been on my own for the last couple of months.2. To temporarily share accommodations with someone. A: "Do you have a place to stay while you're in town for the wedding?" B: "Yeah, I'm shacked up with my brother and his fiancée for the weekend."See also: shack, up

shotgun shack

(chiefly Southern United States slang) A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun shack in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another.See also: shack, shotgun

shacked up

1. Living or sharing accommodations with someone while having a (usually casual) sexual relationship with them. I haven't seen my sister in weeks. I hear she's shacked up with some guy from Oklahoma these days. I was shacked up for a while with a woman I met downtown, but I've been on my own for the last couple of months.2. Temporarily sharing accommodations with someone. A: "Do you have a place to stay while you're in town for the wedding?" B: "Yeah, I'm shacked up with my brother and his fiancée for the weekend."See also: shack, up

shack up (with someone)

1. To live with someone or stay at someone's house temporarily. We've been shacking up at my brother's place while our house is being renovated. Do you mind if I shack up with you for a while? My wife and I are going through a bit of a rough patch.2. To be in a sexual relationship with someone; to live or reside with someone in a sexual relationship. A: "I haven't seen Beth in a while." B: "She's been shacking up with some hotshot lawyer she started dating a few weeks ago." My parents still disapprove of us shacking up together before we're married. They're a little old-fashioned that way.See also: shack, up

shack up (with someone)

Inf. to sleep or live with someone temporarily in a sexual relationship. They shacked up for over a year until her parents found out and stopped sending her money.See also: shack, up

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] See also: shack, up

shack up

v. Slang 1. To live, room, or stay at some place: She's shacking up at her cousin's house until she finds a place of her own.2. To sleep together or live in sexual intimacy with someone without being married: There's a rumor that the professor is shacking up with one of his colleagues. Do you know if they are shacking up together?See also: shack, up

shack up (with someone)

1. in. to have a one-night stand with someone; to copulate [with] someone. He only wanted to shack up with me. 2. in. to move in with someone temporarily, presumably for sexual purposes. They shacked up for over a year until her parents found out and stopped sending her money. See also: shack, someone, up

shack up

verbSee shack up with someoneSee also: shack, up

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.See also: shack, up

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noun hut

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phrase shack up with someone

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noun an ugly, squalid dwelling

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noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling

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verb make one's home in a particular place or community

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verb move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

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