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shack-shack

shack-shack noun: a child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.

Noun

shack-shack (plural shack-shacks)

  1. (Caribbean) A child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.
  2. A seed pod of various trees, especially wild tamarind, woman's tongue tree (Albizia lebbeck) and royal poinciana (Delonix regia).

Synonyms of shack-shack

Forms of shack-shack

pluralshack-shacks

Origin of shack-shack

Imitative of its sound.

Questions about shack-shack

What does shack-shack mean?
Shack-shack means a child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.
What part of speech is shack-shack?
Shack-shack is a noun.
What is the plural of shack-shack?
The plural of shack-shack is shack-shacks.

Words near shack-shack in the dictionary

  1. Shachtmanites
  2. shack
  3. shack rat
  4. shack rats
  5. shack up
  6. shack-shack
  7. shack-shacks
  8. Shackamaxon
  9. shackbolt
  10. shackbolts
  11. shackdweller

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