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shack

/ʃæk/noun, verb1 syllable

Shack means: small crude shelter used as a dwelling.

Synonyms for shack9

noun, as in small crude shelter used as a dwelling

hovel, hut, hutch, shanty

verb, as in make one's home in a particular place or community

reside, domicile, domiciliate

verb, as in move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

trail

also used for shack

camp

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What does shack mean?3

noun

1

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

verb

1

make one's home in a particular place or community“my parents reside in Florida”

2

move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly“John trailed behind his class mates”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shack?32

two syllables

attack
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All 32 rhymes for shack, grouped by syllable

Shack in a sentence

  • I want my own house, even if it's a shack.CM
  • When we entered the shack, we saw a half-eaten pie on the table.CK
  • For some inexplicable reason, the flimsy shack survived the storm.patgfisher
  • The driveway to the shack was pretty long.Amastan
  • Are you using this shack as a house?Ketutar
  • You're reliable like a shack in the middle of a hurricane.unknown
  • You are reliable like a shack in the middle of a hurricane.unknown
  • Ziri crossed the road and went inside the shack.Amastan

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Forms of shack

as a noun

plural
shacks

as a verb

past tense
shacked
present participle
shacking
third-person singular
shacks
past participle
shacked