SHACK

hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty

(noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling

trail, shack

(verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; “John trailed behind his class mates”; “The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart”

reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate

(verb) make one’s home in a particular place or community; “may parents reside in Florida”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Shack (plural Shacks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shack is the 22450^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1146 individuals. Shack is most common among Black/African American (49.3%) and White (40.31%) individuals.

Anagrams

• hacks, schak

Etymology 1

Noun

shack (plural shacks)

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.

(slang) The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.

Verb

shack (third-person singular simple present shacks, present participle shacking, simple past and past participle shacked)

To live (in or with); to shack up.

Etymology 2

Noun

shack (countable and uncountable, plural shacks)

(obsolete) Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.

(obsolete) Nuts which have fallen to the ground.

(obsolete) Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.

(UK, US, dialect, obsolete) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

(fishing) Bait that can be picked up at sea.

Verb

shack (third-person singular simple present shacks, present participle shacking, simple past and past participle shacked)

(obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

(obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste.

(UK, dialect) To wander as a vagabond or tramp.

(US, intransitive) To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.

Anagrams

• hacks, schak

Source: Wiktionary

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Shack, v. t. Etym: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]

1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]

3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]

Shack, n. Etym: [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.]

2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]

3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. H. W. Beecher. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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