shack
11shack|le — «SHAK uhl», noun, verb, led, ling. –n. 1. a metal band fastened around the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or slave. Shackles are usually fastened to each other, the wall, or the floor by chains. 2. the link fastening together the two rings for the… …
12Shack — A shack is a type of small house that is in disrepair. The word may derive from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word xacalli or adobe house by way of Mexican Spanish xacal / jacal , which has the same meaning as shack… …
13shack — ram·shack·le·ness; ram·shack·ly; shack·bolt; shack·el; shack·ler; shack·ly; shack; shack·le; …
14shack — shack1 /shak/, n. 1. a rough cabin; shanty. 2. Informal. See radio shack. v.i. 3. shack up, Slang. a. to live together as husband and wife without being legally married. b. to have illicit sexual relations …
15shack — shack1 [ʃæk] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from shackly likely to fall down (19 20 centuries), or from Mexican Spanish jacal small building , from Nahuatl xacalli] a small building that has not been built very well ▪ a tin shack shack 2… …
16shack — shack1 [ ʃæk ] noun count a small plain building, usually made of wood or metal shack shack 2 [ ʃæk ] verb ,shack up phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL 1. ) to live with another person as sexual partners without being married. This word often… …
17shack — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ old ▪ little, small, tiny ▪ one room, two room ▪ dilapidated, run down …
18shack up — v. (slang.) (D; intr.) to shack up with (he shacked up with his girlfriend) * * * [ ʃæk ʌp] (slang.) (D; intr.) to shack up with (he shack uped up with his girlfriend) …
19shack — 1 noun (C) a small building that has not been built very well: a tin shack 2 verb shack up phrasal verb (I) informal to start living with someone who you have sex with but are not married to: shack up together/with: Last I heard, they were… …
20shack — I UK [ʃæk] / US noun [countable] Word forms shack : singular shack plural shacks a small plain building, usually made of wood or metal II UK [ʃæk] / US verb Phrasal verbs: shack up …
