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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shack1 /ʃæk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a rough cabin;
shanty. v. [no object] - shack up, [no object* often: ~ + up + with + object][Slang.]to live together or with another as sexual partners without being legally married.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shack1 (shak),USA pronunciation n. - a rough cabin;
shanty. - [Informal.]See radio shack.
v.i. - shack up, [Slang.]
- to live together as husband and wife without being legally married.
- to have illicit sexual relations.
- to live in a shack:He's shacked up in the mountains.
- compare earlier shackly rickety, probably akin to ramshackle (Mexican Spanish jacal "hut'' is a phonetically impossible source) 1875–80, American.
shack2 (shak),USA pronunciation v.t. [Informal.]- Informal Termsto chase and throw back;
to retrieve:to shack a ground ball.
- apparently special use of dialect, dialectal shack to shake 1825–35, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shack /ʃæk/ n - a roughly built hut
vb - See shack up
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake |