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shacked

shacked is the simple past and past participle of shack.

Meaning of shack

Verb (1)

shack (third-person singular simple present shacks, present participle shacking, simple past and past participle shacked)

  1. To live (in or with); to shack up.

Verb (2)

shack (third-person singular simple present shacks, present participle shacking, simple past and past participle shacked)

  1. (obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
  2. (obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
    • They [turkeys] are then sold‥to the larger farmers to ‘shack’ upon the barley or oat stubbles.1867, “Journal of the Royal Agriculatural Socirty”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  3. (UK, dialectal) To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
  4. (US, intransitive) To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
  5. (Nigeria, slang) To drink, especially alcohol.

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Phrases with shacked

Questions about shacked

What is shacked the simple past and past participle of?
Shacked is the simple past and past participle of shack.

Words near shacked in the dictionary

  1. Shackamaxon
  2. shackbolt
  3. shackbolts
  4. shackdweller
  5. shackdwellers
  6. shacked
  7. shacked up
  8. Shackelford
  9. Shackelford County
  10. Shackelfords
  11. Shackerstone

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