Definition of 'shack'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense shacks
, present participle shacking
, past tense shacked
countable noun
Phrasal verbs:
See shack up
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shack in British English 1
verb
3. See shack up
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Word origin
C19: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake
Word Frequency
shack in British English 2
verb
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shack in American English
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Word origin
< ? AmSp jacal < Nahuatl xacalli, wooden hut
Word Frequency
shack in American English 1
(ʃæk)
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Word origin
[1875–80, Amer.; cf. earlier shackly rickety, prob. akin to ramshackle (MexSp jacal “hut” is a phonetically impossible source)]Word Frequency
shack in American English 2
(ʃæk)
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Word origin
[1825–35, Amer.; appar. special use of dial. shack to shake]Examples of 'shack' in a sentence
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British English: shack
NOUN /ʃæk/
A shack is a simple hut built from tin, wood, or other materials.
...a wooden shack.
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