ramshackle
ramshackle · ramshackles · ramshackled · ramshackling
To ransackTo ransack.
/ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/
» How long have you lived in this ramshackle hut?
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1 senses(obsolete)To ransack.
Examples
5 sentencesHow long have you lived in this ramshackle hut?
They're squatting in a ramshackle old factory at the moment.
Tom gave an incendiary speech in a ramshackle old factory.
Nearly all the corners of the ramshackle house were riddled with cobwebs.
The suspect was hiding in one of those ramshackle buildings near the pier.
Origin
First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participlFirst attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).
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Forms
ramshackles, ramshackling, ramshackled, ramshackled| Base form | ramshackle · to ramshackle |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | ramshackles |
| Present participle | ramshackling |
| Past simple | ramshackled |
| Past participle | ramshackled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle