Thesaurus: shack

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1. v. t. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
2. v. t. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
3. v. t. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
4. n. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
5. n. Liberty of winter pasturage.
6. n. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
7. n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling
8. v. make one's home in a particular place or community
9. v. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
10. 1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. 2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.] 3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.] 1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.] 2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. H. W. Beecher. Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. Cowell.
11. v:4/n:96 n small crude shelter used as a dwelling v make one's home in a particular place or community v move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly