shack

Definition of Shack in English :

1. hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

make one's home in a particular place or community

Example Sentences:
'may parents reside in Florida'

3. shack, trail

move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

Example Sentences:
'John trailed behind his class mates'
'The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shack

noun

1.

a roughly built hut

2. South Africa

temporary accommodation put together by squatters

verb

3. shack up

verb

English Midlands dialect

to evade (work or responsibility)

noun

a small house or cabin that is crudely built and furnished; shanty

n.

A small, crudely built building; a shanty.

intr.v. shacked, shack·ing, shacks

To live or dwell: farm hands shacking in bunkhouses.