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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shan•ty1 /ˈʃænti/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ties. - a roughly or poorly built hut, cabin, or house.
shan•ty2 /ˈʃænti/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ties. - Music and Dancea type of work song that sailors once sang.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shan•ty1 (shan′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj., v., -tied, -ty•ing. n. - a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or constituting a shanty or shanties:a shanty quarter outside the town walls.
- of a low economic or social class, esp. when living in a shanty:shanty people.
v.i. - to inhabit a shanty.
- Greek kanthé̄lios pack ass
- Latin cant(h)ērius rafter, prop, literally, horse in poor condition, nag
- Canadian French chantier lumber camp, hut; French: yard, depot, gantry, stand for barrels
- probably 1810–20
- Music and Dancechantey.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shanty /ˈʃæntɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- a ramshackle hut; crude dwelling
- Austral NZ a public house, esp an unlicensed one
Etymology: 19th Century: from Canadian French chantier cabin built in a lumber camp, from Old French gantier gantry shanty, shantey /ˈʃæntɪ/ US chanty, chantey /ˈʃæntɪ ˈtʃæn-/ n ( pl -ties, -teys)- a song originally sung by sailors, esp a rhythmic one forming an accompaniment to work
Etymology: 19th Century: from French chanter to sing; see chant |