'Shack' definitions:

Definition of 'shack'

(from WordNet)
noun
Small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
verb
Make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" [syn: reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate]
verb
Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" [syn: trail, shack]

Definition of 'Shack'

From: GCIDE
  • Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.] a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]

Definition of 'Shack'

From: GCIDE
  • Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
  • 1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby. [1913 Webster]
  • All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W. Beecher. [1913 Webster]
  • These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C. Worcester. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shack'

From: GCIDE
  • Shack \Shack\, v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
  • 1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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