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shack up
shack S0307500 (shăk)n. A small, crudely built building; a shanty.intr.v. shacked, shack·ing, shacks To live or dwell: farm hands shacking in bunkhouses.Idiom: shack up Slang 1. To live together and have sexual relations without being married.2. To live, room, or stay at a place: I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own.
[Probably back-formation from dialectal (chiefly southern United States) shackly, rickety, perhaps from English dialectal shackle, to litter, disorder, frequentative of shake.]shack up vb slang (usually foll by: with) to live or take up residence, esp with a mistress or lover Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | shack up - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couplecohabit, live togetherinhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"miscegenate - marry or cohabit with a person of another race |
Translationsshack up
shack up (with someone)1. To live with someone or stay at someone's house temporarily. We've been shacking up at my brother's place while our house is being renovated. Do you mind if I shack up with you for a while? My wife and I are going through a bit of a rough patch.2. To be in a sexual relationship with someone; to live or reside with someone in a sexual relationship. A: "I haven't seen Beth in a while." B: "She's been shacking up with some hotshot lawyer she started dating a few weeks ago." My parents still disapprove of us shacking up together before we're married. They're a little old-fashioned that way.See also: shack, upshack up (with someone)Inf. to sleep or live with someone temporarily in a sexual relationship. They shacked up for over a year until her parents found out and stopped sending her money.See also: shack, upshack up1. Sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married. For example, They had been dating for two months and then decided to shack up. [Slang; first half of 1900s] 2. Stay or reside with, as in I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own. [Slang; first half of 1900s] See also: shack, upshack upv. Slang 1. To live, room, or stay at some place: She's shacking up at her cousin's house until she finds a place of her own.2. To sleep together or live in sexual intimacy with someone without being married: There's a rumor that the professor is shacking up with one of his colleagues. Do you know if they are shacking up together?See also: shack, upshack up verbSee shack up with someoneSee also: shack, up shack up Slang 1. To live together and have sexual relations without being married.2. To live, room, or stay at a place: I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own.See also: shack, upEncyclopediaSeeshackLegalSeeCohabitationshack up
Related to shack up: shack up with someoneSynonyms for shack upverb share living quartersSynonymsRelated Words- inhabit
- live
- populate
- dwell
- miscegenate
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