shack | ||
1. | [ noun ] (housing) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | |
Synonyms: | hut shanty hutch hovel | |
Related terms: | shelter igloo mudhif dwell | |
2. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21894 | |
3. | [ verb ] (housing) make one's home or live in | |
Synonyms: | live reside populate dwell inhabit domicile domiciliate people | |
Examples: | "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland" "I live in a 200-year old house" "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted" "The plains are sparsely populated" |
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Related terms: | be camp occupy lodge board cohabit overpopulate neighbor rusticate live_in live_out people dwelling population resident inhabitant hovel residency inhabitancy liver | |
4. | [ verb ] to walk or proceed draggingly, slowly | |
Synonyms: | trudge trail | |
Examples: | : "Snow buried the streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as John trudged toward St. Peter's." |
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Related terms: | travel dawdler | |
Similar spelling: |
shuck shock Shick shucks Shockey Shook sheik shaky shako shake shikse shiksa Sheikh sheika Shakia Shaikh shisha sheikha sack |