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 Definitions of Shack  [ʃæk]  

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Definition of 'Shack' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) shack
a rough cabin; shanty.

2. (v.i.) shack
Slang.

3.  shack
to live together as sexual partners without being legally married.

4.  shack
to take up residence; dwell.

Etymology:  (1875–80, Amer.; cf. earlier shackly rickety, prob. akin to ramshackle)

Definition of 'Shack' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
small crude shelter used as a dwelling

2. (verb) reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate
make one's home in a particular place or community
"may parents reside in Florida"

3. (verb) trail, shack
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
"John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"


Definition of 'Shack' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) shack
a small basic shelter
He lived in a shack near the beach.


Definition of 'Shack' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Shack
the grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground

2. (noun) Shack
liberty of winter pasturage

3. (noun) Shack
a shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp

4. (verb) Shack
to shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest

5. (verb) Shack
to feed in stubble, or upon waste corn

6. (verb) Shack
to wander as a vagabond or a tramp


Translation of 'Shack' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a roughly-built hut
a wooden shack.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hut Arabic flag Arabic: كوخ، خُص Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: колиба
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cabana Czech flag Czech: chatrč German flag German: die Baracke
Danish flag Danish: skur Greek flag Greek: καλύβα Spanish flag Spanish: choza
Estonian flag Estonian: hurtsik Farsi flag Farsi: كلبه Finnish flag Finnish: hökkeli
French flag French: cabane Hebrew flag Hebrew: בִּיקתָה Hindi flag Hindi: कुटी, झोंपड़ी, कुटीर
Croatian flag Croatian: koliba, daščara Hungarian flag Hungarian: kunyhó Indonesian flag Indonesian: gubuk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kofaskrifli, skúr Italian flag Italian: capanna Japanese flag Japanese: 小屋
Korean flag Korean: 오두막집 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lūšna Latvian flag Latvian: būda
Malay flag Malay: teratak Dutch flag Dutch: hut Norwegian flag Norwegian: skur, bu
Polish flag Polish: chałupa Persian flag Persian: كلبه Pashto flag Pashto: كوډله، جونګړه، كنډر: وډ،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cabana Romanian flag Romanian: cabană; colibă Russian flag Russian: лачуга
Slovak flag Slovak: chatrč, búda Slovenian flag Slovenian: koliba Serbian flag Serbian: koliba
Swedish flag Swedish: koja, hydda Thai flag Thai: กระท่อม Turkish flag Turkish: kulübe, baraka
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 簡陋小屋,棚屋 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: халупа, хижка Urdu flag Urdu: جھگی، کھوکھا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lán, lều Chinese flag Chinese: 简陋小屋,窝棚

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