What does shack mean?
Definitions for shack
ʃækshack
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word shack.
Princeton's WordNet
hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty(verb)
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate(verb)
make one's home in a particular place or community
"may parents reside in Florida"
trail, shack(verb)
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
"John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
Wiktionary
shack(Noun)
A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
shack(Verb)
To live in or with; to shack up.
shack(Noun)
Grain to the ground and left after harvest.
shack(Noun)
Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
shack
Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
shack(Verb)
To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
shack(Verb)
To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
Webster Dictionary
Shack(verb)
to shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest
Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
Shack(verb)
to feed in stubble, or upon waste corn
Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
Shack(verb)
to wander as a vagabond or a tramp
Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
Shack(noun)
the grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground
Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
Shack(noun)
liberty of winter pasturage
Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
Shack(noun)
a shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp
Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
Freebase
Shack
A shack is a type of small, often primitive shelter or dwelling. The word may derive from the Nahuatl word xahcalli or "adobe house" by way of Mexican Spanish xacal/jacal, which has the same meaning as "shack". It was a common usage among people of Mexican ancestry throughout the U.S. southwest and was picked up by speakers of American English. An alternative etymology is that shack derives from teach, pronounced chaċ, meaning "house" in Irish Gaelic, which was absorbed into American English from the 1880s onwards. Similarly shanty may have derived from the Gaelic seantigh, prounced shan-tí, meaning "old house", at a time when Irish migrants lived in New York's tenements. It is possible that up to a billion people worldwide live in shacks. Fire is a significant hazard in tight-knit shack settlements. Shack settlements are also sometimes known as slums or shanty towns.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shack
shak, v.i. to tramp or wander about.—n. a tramp, a vagabond.
Shack
shak, v.i. to shed or fall out, as ripe grain from the ear: to feed on stubble: (U.S.) to hibernate, to go into winter quarters.—n. grain, &c., fallen on the ground: liberty of winter pasturage: a hastily-built cabin, a rickety house.—ns. Shack′-bait, such bait as may be picked up at sea; Shack′le, stubble. [Shake.]
Editors Contribution
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On a bombing run, a direct hit on a target.
When the Bombing/Navigator returned from his mission, he stated that he had gotten a shack on the target.
Submitted by JP03 on December 28, 2014
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shack in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of shack in a Sentence
Everything is difficult right now because of the prices, we have a sad shack (... but) what can we do? Keep going.
Many [colorectal cancer patients] develop stomas and have to walk around with a poo bag attached onto their stomachs. But some of those stomas can be reversed after a period of time, imagine having a poo bag attached for two to five years and dealing with a stoma when you are living in a shack with no electricity and no running water.
Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.
We were notified that, understandably, [ the hospital ] is under a lot of pressure. They are working crazy hours. We can't provide PPE( protective equipment) but we thought we could send over some burgers. So, we teamed up with Shake Shack and sent over food for a whole shift, these medical workers need just a little brightness in their day, anything.
I’m buying her a she-shed, they call it a love shack! It’s a she shed but they are advertising it like a love shack.
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- хаціна, халупаBelarusian
- skur, hytte, sove hosDanish
- Hütte, BudeGerman
- καλύβαGreek
- kunloĝi, domaĉoEsperanto
- cambuche, casa bruja, champa, jacal, chabola, rancho, tugurioSpanish
- آلونکPersian
- tönö, bunkata, hökkeli, asuaFinnish
- baraque, cabanonFrench
- झोंपड़ीHindi
- խրճիթArmenian
- hreysi, kofi, skúrIcelandic
- צריףHebrew
- 小屋, 仮小屋Japanese
- ქოხი, ჯიხურიGeorgian
- shackLatin
- hut, krotDutch
- budaPolish
- barraco, casebre, tugúrio, choupana, cabanaPortuguese
- хатка, лачуга, хижина, хибарка, халупа, времянка, сарайRussian
- kolibaSerbo-Croatian
- chatrč, búdaSlovak
- bajtaSlovene
- халупа, хатинкаUkrainian
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