Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 29 compound words that contain shack. The most common are listed below. Open shack in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- shack upTo live together, especially of an unmarried couple.
- shotgun shackSynonym of shotgun house: A narrow shack with a door at each end, common in the Southern United States from the end of the Civil War until the 1920s.
- sugar shackA building where sap from a sugarbush is boiled down to make maple syrup.
- radio shackA room for hosting radio equipment.
- shack-shackA child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.
- clam shackA restaurant that sells cooked seafood, usually featuring fried clams and lobster rolls in particular, and almost always offering beer and wine as well.
- Shick Shack DaySynonym of Oak Apple Day: An English public holiday, formerly observed on 29 May but abolished in 1859, commemorating the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660. People wore oak apples or sprigs of oak leaves, in reference to Charles …
- common of shackThe right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.
- shack ratA female civilian visiting military barracks in order to have sex with soldiers.
- shack ratsplural of shack rat: A female civilian visiting military barracks in order to have sex with soldiers.
- whack shackA mental hospital.
- wack shackAlternative spelling of whack shack: A mental hospital.
- shack-shacksplural of shack-shack: A child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.
Compound words 29
- cookshackA simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement.
- shacklessWithout a shack or shacks.
- shackjobA mistress.
- shacklikeResembling or characteristic of a shack.
- shacktownA settlement made up of shacks; a shanty town.
- shackyrun-down, like a shack
- shackdwellerA person who lives in a shack.
- shacklandAn unofficial urban settlement composed of shacks.
- slanshackA house shared by fans of science fiction.
- shacklesplural of shackle: A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.