shack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
    hut; hutch; hovel; shanty.
  2. verb make one's home in a particular place or community
    reside; domiciliate; domicile.
    • may parents reside in Florida
  3. verb move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
    trail.
    • John trailed behind his class mates
    • The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart

WordNet

Shack transitive verb
Etymology
Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.
Definitions
  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.
Shack noun
Etymology
Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.
Definitions
  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.
    Cowell.

Webster 1913