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Word: Shack
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: perhaps from Mexican jacal, Nahuatl xacatli ‘wooden hut’. The early sense of the verb was ‘live in a shack’ (originally a US usage)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ʃak
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a roughly built hut or cabin.
Short Definition:roughly built hut or cabin
Word: Shack
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ʃak
Dialects: British English
Definition:
move in or live with someone as a lover
Short Definition:move in or live with someone as lover
Examples:- they won't believe I've shacked up with someone so good-looking
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