Shack

What do we mean by shack?

A small, crudely built cabin; a shanty. noun

To live or dwell. intransitive verb

(shack up) To live together and have sexual relations without being married. idiom

(shack up) To live, room, or stay at a place. idiom

To be shed or fall, as corn at harvest.

To feed on stubble, or upon the waste corn of the field.

To hibernate, as an animal, especially the bear: also said of men who “lay up” or “hole up” for the winter, or go into winter quarters.

A seafaring catch of fish made up of hake, pollack, and other cheap varieties, especially those of the cod family. noun

The right of common pasturage; the straying of cattle into public or on inclosed land. noun

Relating to a catch of sea-fish of the cheaper varieties, or of shack-bait.

To rove about, as a stroller or beggar.

To go after, as a ball batted to a distance.

Grain fallen from the ear and eaten by hogs, etc., after harvest; also, fallen mast or acorns. noun

Liberty of winter pasturage. noun

In the fisheries, bait picked up at sea by any means, as the flesh of porpoises or of sea-birds, refuse fish, etc., as distinguished from the regular stock of bait carried by the vessel or otherwise depended upon. Also shack-bait. noun

⟨ shack, verb, 3. A very roughly built house or cabin, especially such a one as is put up for temporary occupation while securing a claim under the United States preëmption laws. noun

A strolling vagabond; a shiftless or worthless fellow; a tramp. noun

The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. noun

Liberty of winter pasturage. noun

A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. noun

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.

The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.

Shack v. intr. to spend the night at someone's place, sleep in the same bed, and mess around. sex may or may not occur. Urban Dictionary

A term used by military pilots esp. the Air Force to indicate to combat controlers, targeters, and air command that the assigned or engaged target has been hit in a manner other than superficial damage. Also adopted by some Spec. Ops forces with similar meanings. Urban Dictionary

To spend the night in someone else's room Urban Dictionary

Air Force term, a good hit on a ground target. Urban Dictionary

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(Verb) To more or less bring someone home from the bar. Urban Dictionary

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A nicotine device Urban Dictionary

A private fuzz cop hired by a railroad to toss bums off of moving freight trains. Urban Dictionary

To move very quickly Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to shack:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shack:
tandy, shakers, dipper, mabel, durban, chicken, hut, stan, locality, christine, electronics, computers, stores, maple, restaurant, ibm, settlements, loose, woods, cannon, blues, computer, apple, bassist, hawaii, store, mac, beach, electricity, mall, shop, drummer.

Words that rhyme with shack:
back, black, track, hack, pack, jack, attack, crack, rack, stack, lack, feedback, tack, plaque, sack, slack, sac, smack, flak, knack, mac, setback, snack, whack, wrack, lac, tarmac, aback, yak, piggyback, drawback, tac, wack, ransack, maniac, anorak, almanac, flack, pac, lilac, zodiac, hijack, quack, megalomaniac, kickback, throwback, cognac, cardiac, paque, ack, kodak, flashback, backtrack, backpack, clack, fallback, fac, comeback, blackjack, rucksack, sidetrack, outback, cadillac, nymphomaniac, payback, mack, skipjack, push back, hold back, lumberjack, flapjack, knickknack, wisecrack, pak, claque, knapsack, unpack, chirac, counterattack, quarterback, rollback, frack, jacques, dak, greenback, insomniac, humpback, razorback, pontiac, yack, thwack, cutback, amnesiac, brack, eniac, hatchback, bushwhack, plack, soundtrack, racetrack.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shack:
little, old, small, wooden, tiny, down, dilapidated, abandoned, paper, tumbledown, miserable, unpainted, deserted, rough, empty, roofed, temporary, nearby, rickety, corrugated, roomed, lonely, dark, rude, crude, humble, wireless, story, clapboard, flimsy, dirty, thatched, alert, isolated, room, mere, gray, windowless, wretched, weathered, makeshift, oneroom, filthy, decrepit, primitive, green, squalid, dingy, occasional, beaten, nearest, foot, unheated, ruined, looking, ramshackle, leaky, bare, shabby, iron, floored, whitewashed, vacant, modest, covered, built, stolen, remote, brown, sound.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shack:
dwellers, towns, ups, town, door, villages, arrangements, village, slums, restaurants, roof.

Consonant match to shack:
shake, shock, chic, shirk, shuck, shook, sheik, sheikh, schick, shaq, shaykh, schoch, shek, shaikh, shick, schuch, shaik, sheikhdom, schock, schalk, sheck, schuck, scheck, schook, schack, sherk, schoeck, schaack, schake, shaak, sheek, szczech, szoke.

Words that sound like shack:
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