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shack

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Noun

  1. A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
  2. Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
  3. The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
  4. Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.
  5. Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
  6. Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
  7. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
  8. Bait that can be picked up at sea.
  9. A drink, especially an alcoholic one.

Verb

  1. To live (in or with); to shack up.
  2. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
  3. To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
  4. To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
  5. To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
  6. To drink, especially alcohol.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of shag (“exhausted; tiring”).

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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