shack
1
[ shak ]
/ ʃæk /
noun
a rough cabin; shanty.
Informal.
radio shack.
Verb Phrases
shack up, Slang.
- to live together as spouses without being legally married.
- to have illicit sexual relations.
- to live in a shack: He's shacked up in the mountains.
Origin of shack
1
1875–80,
Americanism; compare earlier
shackly rickety, probably akin to
ramshackle (Mexican Spanish
jacal “hut” is a phonetically impossible source)
Words nearby shack
shabu-shabu,
shabuoth,
shacharis,
shacharith,
shache,
shack,
shack up,
shack-tapping,
shacket,
shackle,
shackleton
British Dictionary definitions for shack up (1 of 3)
shack up
verb
(intr, adverb usually foll by with) slang
to live or take up residence, esp with a mistress or lover
British Dictionary definitions for shack up (2 of 3)
shack
1
/ (ʃæk) /
noun
a roughly built hut
Southern African
temporary accommodation put together by squatters
verb
See shack up
Word Origin for shack
C19: perhaps from dialect
shackly ramshackle, from dialect
shack to shake
British Dictionary definitions for shack up (3 of 3)
shack
2
/ (ʃæk) /
verb
Midland English dialect
to evade (work or responsibility)
Idioms and Phrases with shack up
shack up
Sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married. For example, They had been dating for two months and then decided to shack up. [Slang; first half of 1900s]
Stay or reside with, as in I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own. [Slang; first half of 1900s]