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shacky

shacky adjective: run-down, like a shack.

Adjective

shacky (comparative shackier, superlative shackiest)

  1. run-down, like a shack
    • The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100.2009 September 2, “Opening in September”, in New York Times

Forms of shacky

comparativeshackier
superlativeshackiest

Origin of shacky

From shack + -y.

Questions about shacky

What does shacky mean?
Shacky means run-down, like a shack.
What part of speech is shacky?
Shacky is an adjective.

Words near shacky in the dictionary

  1. shackos
  2. shacks
  3. shacks up
  4. shacktown
  5. shacktowns
  6. shacky
  7. shad
  8. shad cab
  9. shad frog
  10. shad frogs
  11. shad-bellied

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