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shack
(shăk)n.
A small, crudely built building; a shanty.
intr.v. shacked, shack·ing, shacks
Idiom: To live or dwell: farm hands shacking in bunkhouses.
shack up Slang
1. To live together and have sexual relations without being married.
2. To live, room, or stay at a place: I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own.
[Probably back-formation from dialectal (chiefly southern United States) shackly, rickety, perhaps from English dialectal shackle, to litter, disorder, frequentative of shake.]
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shack
(ʃæk)n
1. (Architecture) a roughly built hut
2. (Architecture) South African temporary accommodation put together by squatters
vb
See shack up
[C19: perhaps from dialect shackly ramshackle, from dialect shack to shake]
shack
(ʃæk)vb
dialect Midland English to evade (work or responsibility)
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shack
(ʃæk)n.
1. a rough cabin; shanty.
v.i. 2. shack up, Slang.
a. to live together as sexual partners without being legally married.
b. to take up residence; dwell.
[1875–80, Amer.; compare earlier shackly rickety, probably akin to ramshackle]
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shack
Past participle: shacked
Gerund: shacking
| Imperative |
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| shack |
| shack |
| Present |
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| I shack |
| you shack |
| he/she/it shacks |
| we shack |
| you shack |
| they shack |
| Preterite |
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| I shacked |
| you shacked |
| he/she/it shacked |
| we shacked |
| you shacked |
| they shacked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am shacking |
| you are shacking |
| he/she/it is shacking |
| we are shacking |
| you are shacking |
| they are shacking |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have shacked |
| you have shacked |
| he/she/it has shacked |
| we have shacked |
| you have shacked |
| they have shacked |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was shacking |
| you were shacking |
| he/she/it was shacking |
| we were shacking |
| you were shacking |
| they were shacking |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had shacked |
| you had shacked |
| he/she/it had shacked |
| we had shacked |
| you had shacked |
| they had shacked |
| Future |
|---|
| I will shack |
| you will shack |
| he/she/it will shack |
| we will shack |
| you will shack |
| they will shack |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have shacked |
| you will have shacked |
| he/she/it will have shacked |
| we will have shacked |
| you will have shacked |
| they will have shacked |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be shacking |
| you will be shacking |
| he/she/it will be shacking |
| we will be shacking |
| you will be shacking |
| they will be shacking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been shacking |
| you have been shacking |
| he/she/it has been shacking |
| we have been shacking |
| you have been shacking |
| they have been shacking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been shacking |
| you will have been shacking |
| he/she/it will have been shacking |
| we will have been shacking |
| you will have been shacking |
| they will have been shacking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been shacking |
| you had been shacking |
| he/she/it had been shacking |
| we had been shacking |
| you had been shacking |
| they had been shacking |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would shack |
| you would shack |
| he/she/it would shack |
| we would shack |
| you would shack |
| they would shack |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have shacked |
| you would have shacked |
| he/she/it would have shacked |
| we would have shacked |
| you would have shacked |
| they would have shacked |
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Noun 1. [画像:shack - small crude shelter used as a dwelling]shack - small crude shelter used as a dwelling
mudhif - a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained
shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
Verb 1. shack - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
rusticate - live in the country and lead a rustic life
2. shack - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
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shack
noun hut, cabin, shanty, lean-to, dump (informal), hovel, shiel (Scot.), shieling (Scot.) a nice shack in shanty town
shack up with someone move in with, go to live with, share a house with, live together with It turned out she had shacked up with a lawyer in New York.
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Translations
كوخ، خُص
chatrčžít na hromádce
bo sammenskur
domaĉo
latovaja
hreysikofaskrifli, skúrkofiskúr
gyventi susidėjusgyventi susimetus
būdadzivot kopa
búda
bajta
shack
[ʃæk] N → choza f, jacal m (CAm, Mex)shack up VI + ADV to shack up with sb → arrejuntarse con algn
to shack up together → arrejuntarse, vivir arrejuntados
to shack up together → arrejuntarse, vivir arrejuntados
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shack
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shack
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shack
(ʃӕk) noun a roughly-built hut. a wooden shack. hut كوخ، خُص колиба cabana chatrč die Baracke skur καλύβα choza hurtsik كلبه hökkeli cabane בִּיקתָה कुटी, झोंपड़ी, कुटीर koliba, daščara kunyhó gubuk kofaskrifli, skúr capanna 小屋 오두막집 lūšna būda teratak hut skur, bu chałupa كوډله، جونګړه، كنډر: وډ، انګاره، خوزاره: ددرمند پاتي شونې cabana cabană; colibă лачуга chatrč, búda koliba koliba koja, hydda กระท่อม kulübe, baraka 簡陋小屋,棚屋 халупа, хижка جھگی، کھوکھا lán, lều 简陋小屋,窝棚
verbshack up to live together (with someone) as sexual partners without being married. saamwoon съжителствам без брак juntar os trapos همخانه شدن pistää hynttyyt yhteen לַגור יָחָד बिना विवाह किए (स्त्री पुरुष) साथ-साथ रहना živjeti nevjenčano, stupiti u izvanbračnu zajednicu 동거하다 tinggal serumah hokken هم اطاق živeti nevenčano อาศัยอยู่ร่วมกับ 未婚同居 співмешкати بغیر شادی کے ساتھ رہنا sống với nhau 未婚而同居
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