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Definition of Shack
1. Noun. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
Specialized synonyms: Igloo, Iglu, Mudhif
Generic synonyms: Shelter
2. Verb. Make one's home in a particular place or community. "May parents reside in Florida"
Specialized synonyms: Rusticate
Generic synonyms: Dwell, Inhabit, Live, Populate
Derivative terms: Residence, Residency, Resident, Resident
3. Verb. Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly. "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
Definition of Shack
1. v. t. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
2. n. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
3. n. A hut; a shanty; a cabin.
Definition of Shack
1. Noun. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin. ¹
2. Verb. To live in or with; to shack up. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) Grain to the ground and left after harvest. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Nuts which have fallen to the ground. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon '''shack'''. ¹
6. Verb. (obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. ¹
7. Verb. (obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shack
1. to live or dwell [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shack
Literary usage of Shack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1878)
""shack, Norfolk, a general common for hogs, from the end of harvest till seed time.
... says: "shack is the shaken grain remaining on the ground when the ..."
2. Capt. J. D. Winchester's Experience on a Voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to by James D. Winchester (1900)
"They were moving their goods up to the new shack they had built, ... They had
their launch hauled up in winter quarters and had built a shack. ..."
3. The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses by Robert William Service (1907)
"THE PARSON'S SON This is the song of the parson's son, as he squats in his shack
alone, On the wild, weird nights, when the Northern Lights shoot up from ..."
4. Soto Zen Ancestors in China by James Mitchell (2005)
"SONG OF THE GRASS shack I've built a grass shack with nothing of value inside.
... The person inside the shack is always present, But you won't find him ..."
5. The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses by Robert William Service (1907)
"... as he squats in his shack alone, On the wild, weird nights, when the Northern
Lights shoot up from the frozen zone, And if s sixty below, and couched in ..."
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