Definitions for shack
ʃækshack

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shantyverb

   small crude shelter used as a dwelling

2. reside, shack, domicile, domiciliateverb

   make one's home in a particular place or community

   "may parents reside in Florida"

3. trail, shackverb

   move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

   "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shacknoun

   A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

2. shackverb

   To live in or with; to shack up.

3. shacknoun

   Grain to the ground and left after harvest.

4. shacknoun

   Nuts which have fallen to the ground.

5. shack

   Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.

6. shackverb

   To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

7. shackverb

   To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shack

   A shack (or, in some areas, shanty) is a type of small shelter or dwelling, often primitive or rudimentary in design and construction. Unlike huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually rural and made of natural materials (mud, rocks, sticks, etc.) shacks are generally composed of scavenged man-made materials like abandoned construction debris, repurposed consumer waste and other useful discarded objects that can be quickly acquired at little or no cost and fashioned into a small dwelling.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shack

   A shack is a small, simple, poorly constructed building, either a standalone structure or in the form of a crude shelter or refuge. It's usually made from cheap or recycled materials and used for temporary or basic living purposes. They are often found in rural areas, slums or shanty towns.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shackverb

   to shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest

2. Shackverb

   to feed in stubble, or upon waste corn

3. Shackverb

   to wander as a vagabond or a tramp

4. Shacknoun

   the grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground

5. Shacknoun

   liberty of winter pasturage

6. Shacknoun

   a shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp

7. Etymology: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shack

   shak, v.i. to tramp or wander about.—n. a tramp, a vagabond.

2. 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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHACK

   A Kiss

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on April 17, 2020  

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   Shack

   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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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHACK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shack is ranked #22450 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shack surname appeared 1,146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shack.
   
   49.3% or 565 total occurrences were Black.
   40.3% or 462 total occurrences were White.
   4.6% or 53 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.8% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Travel

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for shack »

1. hacks

How to pronounce shack?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shack in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shack in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shack in a Sentence

1. Van Dyke:

   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.

2. Peggy Noonan:

   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.

3. Brett Hagler:

   These families are the most vulnerable, and in the lowest income... and they're living on about an average of $ 3 a day, they're living in literally a pieced-together shack that during the rainy season, it will rain and it will flood their shack. Some of the women even said that the water will go up to their knees when it rains, sometimes for months.

4. Brett Hagler:

   They're living in literally a pieced-together shack that during the rainy season, it will rain and it will flood their shack. Some of the women even said that the water will go up to their knees when it rains, sometimes for months.

5. Jim Gaffigan:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shack
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shack
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shack
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shack
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shack
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shack