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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shack•up (shak′up′),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]- an instance of shacking up:The census people counted both marriages and shackups.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase shack up 1945–50
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.
- 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 up vb - (intr, adverb) usually followed by with: slang to live or take up residence, esp with a mistress or lover
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