shack

1. 1.

   make one's home in a particular place or community

   “may parents reside in Florida”

   Synonymsresidedomiciledomiciliate

   Broaderpopulate

   Narrowerrusticate
2. 2.

   move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

   “John trailed behind his class mates”

   “The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart”

   Synonymstrail

   Broadertravel

1. 1.

   small crude shelter used as a dwelling

   Synonymshovelhuthutchshanty

   Broadershelter

   Narrowerigloomudhif

Other forms of shack

plural

shacks·

past tense

shacked·

present participle

shacking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shack

What does shack mean?

shack means "make one's home in a particular place or community". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shack?

shack has 1 syllable: shack. In IPA it is /ˈʃæk/.

What is another word for shack?

Close synonyms include reside, domicile, domiciliate, trail, hovel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shack a common word?

shack is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.