shack
To live; to shack upTo live (in or with); to shack up.
» Tom broke into the deserted shack.
Tom brach in die verlassene Hütte ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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6 sensesTo live (in or with); to shack up.
(UK, dialectal)To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
(US, intransitive)To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
(Nigeria, slang)To drink, especially alcohol.
(obsolete)To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
(obsolete)To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
- move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
- make one's home in a particular place or community
Examples
56 sentencesTom broke into the deserted shack.
deTom brach in die verlassene Hütte ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Have you been inside that shack?
Tom didn't find anyone in the shack.
Tom didn't find anybody in the shack.
Tom kept some belongings in the shack.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Unknown. Some scholars derive this word from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli (Unknown. Some scholars derive this word from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli (“adobe hut”).
Obsolete variant of shake. Compare Scots shag (“refuse of barley or oats”).
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Forms
shacks, shacking, shacked, shackedSynonyms
4 synonyms- move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly:trail
- make one's home in a particular place or community:residedomiciledomiciliate
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