SHACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shack mean? 

• SHACK (noun)
  The noun SHACK has 1 sense:

1. small crude shelter used as a dwelling

  Familiarity information: SHACK used as a noun is very rare.

• SHACK (verb)
  The verb SHACK has 2 senses:

1. make one's home in a particular place or community

2. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

  Familiarity information: SHACK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hovel; hut; hutch; shack; shanty

Hypernyms ("shack" is a kind of...):

shelter (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shack"):

igloo; iglu (an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome)

mudhif (a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained)

Derivation:

shack (make one's home in a particular place or community)

• SHACK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they shack    ... he / she / it shacks   
Past simple: shacked   
Past participle: shacked   
-ing form: shacking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make one's home in a particular place or community

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack

Context example:

may parents reside in Florida

Hypernyms (to "shack" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shack"):

rusticate (live in the country and lead a rustic life)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

shack (small crude shelter used as a dwelling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

shack; trail

Context example:

The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart

Hypernyms (to "shack" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

 Context examples 

"Make it up with him," he advised Lizzie, at parting, as they stood in front of the workingman's shack in which she lived, near Sixth and Market.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)