- Shackly
- Shackly Shack"ly, a. Shaky; rickety. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
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shackly — shack·ly … English syllables
shackly — k(ə)lē adjective Etymology: probably from English dialect shackle to shake, rattle (from English dialect shack to shake + English le) + English y more at shack 1. chiefly dialect : rickety … Useful english dictionary
shack — noun Etymology: probably back formation from English dialect shackly rickety Date: 1878 1. hut, shanty 2. a room or similar enclosed structure for a particular person or use < a guard shack > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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shack — shack1 /shak/, n. 1. a rough cabin; shanty. 2. Informal. See radio shack. v.i. 3. shack up, Slang. a. to live together as husband and wife without being legally married. b. to have illicit sexual relations … Universalium
shack — shack1 [ʃæk] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from shackly likely to fall down (19 20 centuries), or from Mexican Spanish jacal small building , from Nahuatl xacalli] a small building that has not been built very well ▪ a tin shack shack 2… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shack — (n.) 1878, American English and Canadian English, of unknown origin, perhaps from Mex.Sp. jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli wooden hut. Or perhaps a back formation from dialectal English shackly shaky, rickety (1843), a derivative of shack, a dialectal … Etymology dictionary
shack — [[t]ʃæk[/t]] n. 1) a rough cabin; shanty 2) phv shack up, Slang. a) to live together as sexual partners without being legally married b) to take up residence; dwell • Etymology: 1875–80, amer.; cf. earlier shackly rickety, prob. akin to… … From formal English to slang
