shack
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
- Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
- The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
- Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.
- Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
- Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
- A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
- Bait that can be picked up at sea.
- A drink, especially an alcoholic one.
Verb
- To live (in or with); to shack up.
- To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
- To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
- To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
- To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
- To drink, especially alcohol.
Adjective
- Alternative form of shag (“exhausted; tiring”).
Proper noun
- A surname.
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